Martin Cooper, who many consider to be the inventor of the modern mobile phone, thinks that today’s devices are too complicated. At a conference in Madrid he said the following- “Whenever you create a universal device that does all things for all people, it does not do any things well,” said the 80 year-old, who made the first wireless call from a busy Manhattan street corner on April 3 1973.
“Our future I think is a number of specialist devices that focus on one thing that will improve our lives,” said Mr Cooper, who has previously criticised the iPhone for being overly complicated and hard to use.
“The first cell phone model weighed over one kilo and you could only talk for 20 minutes before the battery ran out, which is just as well because you would not be able to hold it up for much longer,” added the Chicago-born scientist.” More at Telegraph.co.uk.
And what would he know about phones??? Oh…
I don’t agree with him I’m afraid. I think people are more likely to get one thing with a few compromises, as generally costs less than buying lots of separate devices and means less stuff to store/carry around.
I agree with Philippa. There’s no way I’m carrying a phone, an ipod, a video player, a camera, a diary, a task list, a book etc etc.
People will compromise individual item quality for an overall less cumbersome life. I know I will.
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