Deeper Impact: Cellphones or PCs?

Well-known IBM Software developer and blogger Sam Ruby thinks so. He says, “It’s killing the landline; it’s killing watches; it’s changing the camera business; it’s changing the TV industry, the music industry. It’s destroying the pay-phone industry… It’s hurting the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on universities…”

Right now, a cellphone is not just a device for communication, it’s also an MP3 player, camera, “game console”, and web browser rolled into one power-packed handheld. Cellphones nowadays offer bazillions of features for the multi-tasking person and according to Ruby, it’s starting to become a monopoly for entertainment and business purposes. He adds that in the future, cellphones will be of more momentous impact to people as they also become “gadgets for navigation, search and entertainment”. He further predicts that the phone will be the “dominant mode of communication as instant messaging will usurp the Web.”

Well-known IBM Software developer and blogger Sam Ruby thinks so. He says, “It’s killing the landline; it’s killing watches; it’s changing the camera business; it’s changing the TV industry, the music industry. It’s destroying the pay-phone industry… It’s hurting the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on universities…”

Right now, a cellphone is not just a device for communication, it’s also an MP3 player, camera, “game console”, and web browser rolled into one power-packed handheld. Cellphones nowadays offer bazillions of features for the multi-tasking person and according to Ruby, it’s starting to become a monopoly for entertainment and business purposes. He adds that in the future, cellphones will be of more momentous impact to people as they also become “gadgets for navigation, search and entertainment”. He further predicts that the phone will be the “dominant mode of communication as instant messaging will usurp the Web.”