On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[email protected]> > > > Counterpoint... what do most people do with their computers at least > 75% of the time? Web browse, handle e-mail, watch or listen to media. > My Droid replaces my laptop a good 80% of the time I'm traveling and > not actually engaged in work. > > > If anyone is interested, The Atlantic ran an interesting article entitled > "Who Killed the Internet?" Subtitle ran: "(Hint: Steve Jobs). The claim > is the days of the browser are dead (their claim, not mine), and that Apps > are the replacement. Apps are paid for, and so begins the shift away from > free information open to the world via the browser driven internet to > information paid for by subscription via smart phones. > > I don't have a Droid, but I did upgrade to a somewhat *smarter* phone, and I > must admit I enjoy what little I can do with email & the internet with what > I have. I can certainly imagine enjoying a fully wacked out smart phone, > and see myself headed in that direction. Friends & colleagues who have an > iPhone or other smart phones talk apps all the time, but I'll be out of the > app-loop for quite awhile. :-) Cheers, Christine >
Apps are popular and easy to install, but they mostly are games, utilities, gimmicks or mobile-friendly interfaces to web apps (online banking et al). And a LOT of them are free. The paid stuff is most often games and utilities, just like the most common paid software for your PC. You can chalk that article (which I tried to find on theatlantic.com and couldn't, their site navigation is not terribly good, but the essential idea is known to me) up to yet another case of older media organizations hoping to force a paid subscriber model on the Internet in order to rescue their business model. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
