"In the Internet industry, its not about grand innovation, its about a
lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making
something a little bit better".
-Jason Calacanis-
The Internet has grown over the years and with its ability
to provide the necessary tools for its users to expand it, it continues
to grow beyond imaginable proportions into a marvelous interconnection
of not only people but also organizations, institutions and more so
objects.
When we quick-rewind to the '90s the Internet lived only on the Desktop
Computers of those who were blessed with computers and an access point,
but as the world neared the millennium more people were slowly realizing
the need for the Internet, portable communication devices were taking
over the ability for individuals to communicate, and as we sank into the
millennium mobile phone technology was taking over the world by storm
and with more phones owned by the biggest number of people the need
arose for more mobile applications to be created. The applications were
supposed to bring the experience that one got on a computer into the
hands of the individuals.
Desktop Computers were heavy objects, they couldn't be carried around,
yet the efficiency of computing, the excitement that it aroused, the
interaction, the beauty of computing had to be experienced without much
ado. And thus the necessity of the mobile phones which would later be
improved to be more portable, sleek, stylish and efficient in
functionality. But more so mobile phones would be favoured for their
ability to easily access the Network of Networks, the Internet.
Since then the mobile phone has stood at the epicenter of not only voice communication but also Internet Connectivity.
Mobile communication devices have not only changed the way people
communicate but have also made it easy for people from all walks of life
to access the internet from all corners of the world.
Lets look at how the mobile phone has evolved over the years.
Before the first generation of Iphone was released in 2007, the phone
was just a device for communication and gaming, boring right? Nokia's
handset was most popular between 1998 and 2008, it was helping but not
that much, considering, it was only offering the ability to send and
receive text and voice messages, and as thus Nokia's sales dropped in
the wake of the handheld touchscreen devices like the Iphone and
Google's handheld Android operated phones with its share price in late
2007 falling from US$40 to US$32 in mid-2012. The corporation that had
earlier in 2012 boasted of a global market share of 18.0% saw its sales
soar to a 3.2% market share in the smartphone business after losing 40%
of their revenue in the 2nd quarter of 2013; and with Microsoft's
$7.2bn+ acquisition of the once phone giant, Nokia continues to exist as
a shadow of what it was.
Others were the likes of Motorola and the Seoul based multinational conglomerate Samsung, currently the largest chaebol (business
conglomerate) in South Korea. We can't forget Siemens a company that
made its debut on the mobile market in 2002 but was in 2005 sold to
Ben-Q hence later being renamed to Ben-Q Siemens, well that was
technology at that time
Today the mobile phone has evolved beyond what we had ever imagined,
Google's Android Operating System has been enhanced to act as an
artificial intelligence to monitor health, task scheduling, task
progress, realtime chat, news, to mention but a few. Apple's Iphone with
the Siri advanced artificial intelligence software has become a
personal assistant to whoever owns it, Microsoft's Windows Phone also
boasts of its tiled design and its artificial intelligence system known
as Cortana that can answer questions asked by the user. Everything is
just amazing. The phone has become the closest and most trustworthy
friend of the human being, people have not only got addicted to their
phones but are glued to them because of their vast functionality due the
continuous innovation and creativity opportunities that the phone
offers to not only its users but also its developers.
The emergence of such intelligent technologies as the phone continue to
move the world forward making the enthusiastic minds crave more for what
the future holds for the world of technology.
