Comments on: Is the iPhone Apple’s 1984? http://mypocketos.com/2009/09/26/is-the-iphone-apples-1984/ News, Reviews & How-to's on todays pocket computers Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Burland http://mypocketos.com/2009/09/26/is-the-iphone-apples-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-23 James Burland Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:04:54 +0000 http://mypocketos.com/?p=1005#comment-23 "Apples aim was clear -- to free and empower the people, combat conformity and allow originality in the computer market." Isn't Apple still doing exactly this? With the iPhone Apple ushered in a new way of computing, giving people a viable alternative to the smartphone/laptop paradigm. It may not be the best alternative for some people, but for many people -- especially in more affluent nations -- it just about the only working alternative. “Apples aim was clear — to free and empower the people, combat conformity and allow originality in the computer market.”

Isn’t Apple still doing exactly this? With the iPhone Apple ushered in a new way of computing, giving people a viable alternative to the smartphone/laptop paradigm. It may not be the best alternative for some people, but for many people — especially in more affluent nations — it just about the only working alternative.

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