Cell phones were once expensive and rare. They were very limited in function.
Then, production ramped up and tech improved. Soon features like large address books and color displays made them more convenient to use.
Now, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some teenage girl with a phone glued to her head, yakking away.
GPS is following the same curve, unlike, say, the mp3 player, which was a fringe device, then the iPod and not much more (in terms of market share, not features or whatever).
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Eric @ Apr 27th 2008 5:45PM
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I was referring to the march of technology.
Cell phones were once expensive and rare. They were very limited in function.
Then, production ramped up and tech improved. Soon features like large address books and color displays made them more convenient to use.
Now, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some teenage girl with a phone glued to her head, yakking away.
GPS is following the same curve, unlike, say, the mp3 player, which was a fringe device, then the iPod and not much more (in terms of market share, not features or whatever).