Possibly under the influence of the economics class I'm in, or maybe I'm just starting to feel bad for capitalism, I was thinking how cool my new phone is.
After generations of iterations of phones (really, it's only been about ten years since cell's have taken over--crazy, right?), the fruit of all the R&D by all the different cell phone makers has come to, well, fruition.
We are now at the beginning of a new epoch. In it, everyone, where industrialized, can be connected at all times (towers permitting) to each other and to all the information available, from now on, forever. Indeed, touchscreen phones will be an important part of this process.
Anyway, to the rare applause for capitalism:
It's thanks to all these corporations, trying to get even just a piece if not big ol' chunk of the market for probably the most widespread technology on the planet, that constant innovation and resultant extreme variations in phone technology. Finally, whittled down are all the ideas and designs that didn't work, at least as well, and what was left was the iPhone.
Even non-touchscreen phones, like mine, have gotten pretty cool and, more importantly, user friendly in both hard and soft-ware. Now we essentially carry around internet-connected PC's in our pockets and bags.
So, thanks capitalism.
Only what's good for the cell phone isn't always good for other things, like utilities and health care. For those two and a few others, I'd like to say, no thanks.
(Thanks to Mikila and her sister, the latter of which got banged up along with the poor iPhone above--luckily not nearly as bad. I hate to say it, but it doesn't look good for the phone.)
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