[ih] Review: Yasha Levine's "Surveillance Valley"

[Craig Partridge]

I think computer + phone was inevitable (recall there were GSM phone
dongles floating about).  I think what made the iPhone amazing (beyond its
design focus, which is not to be underestimated either) was to combine:

* A screen of a size usable for many apps
* GPS
* camera
* Voice

into an integrated appliance (and by integrated, I mean all four interacted
in various permutations).

Non-obvious combo but amazing once you started using it.

Craig

> On Jul 2, 2018, at 13:46, John Day <jeanjour at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Agreed. The computer as phone was inevitable. It was significant that
> Jobs’ sense of design and what it should be kicked it off. I hate to think
> what the first ones could’ve been.  ;-)
>
> John
>
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