My changing web habits
July 31st, 2008 | Published in Apple, Blog, Design, Gadgets, Software, Web | 2 Comments
I’ve found myself using my laptop less and less these days. My iPhone fills in nicely and I really find myself preferring it to a laptop in many situations.
I still use my workstation for work, and I wouldn’t think of ditching it for something like an iPhone (yet).
But the fact is, unless I’m at my workstation, I use my iPhone to surf the web. I would say if you looked at all the hours I spend online, minus work, the majority of it is on my iPhone. That’s an interesting change.
If Apple modified their NDA requirements on iPhone development I would be all over it. The device provides a really compelling experience, offers live data acquisition (position, light, gps sensors), ubiquitous network connectivity, and a fairly efficient (if a tad too strict) software market. It’s the start of something really great.
In the next few years there very well could be 50 million iPhones in use. That’s something awesome.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:29 am (#)
I have the same feeling about how the iPhone changes the game.. I also find that I prefer doing most web tasks on the iPhone. Most often, I just want to check my email, see what’s up on twitter, Facebook, follow the news. Thinking of having to sit down at the computer for those tasks just seems like a chore. And printing long articles to read for later? Well that’s just plain silly now.
I predict the iPhone is going to herald in a time when getting broadband for home just won’t be as much a necessity for everyone anymore. Some of my friends don’t have the Internet at home (or even a computer for that matter), but I bet they’ll get a 3G phone and get their email fix wherever they need to.
September 20th, 2008 at 9:22 am (#)
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