Re:The end of smartphone innovation
by adrianratnapala on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:40PM
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I don't know about platforms, but I think a shift in UI must come.
The thing is that touchscreen mobile phones are terribly clunky interfaces. It's much harder to express you intent with fat human fingers than with keyboard-and-mouse device. The advantage of the phone is entirely in its mobility, and the fact that you want a telephone anyway.
If some interface (augmented reality, voice, direct neural probes) becomes a workable UI that is both expressive and mobile, then it will take over.
The thing is that touchscreen mobile phones are terribly clunky interfaces. It's much harder to express you intent with fat human fingers than with keyboard-and-mouse device. The advantage of the phone is entirely in its mobility, and the fact that you want a telephone anyway.
If some interface (augmented reality, voice, direct neural probes) becomes a workable UI that is both expressive and mobile, then it will take over.