Technologies are constantly evolving. Existing technologies mutate and develop as new technologies are introduced— CDs pretty much killed off vinyl records, then the Digital Compact Cassette and Minidisc fought to do the same thing to tape recorders until the iPod came along and blew them all out of the water.

Sometimes, technologies compete in markets where competition fuels progress- for example, where next-generation games consoles try to outdo one another on features. Sometimes, technologies compete; where there isn’t enough room in the marketplace for a VHS and a Betamax to live side by side, one prospers and the other dies out. All in all, it’s very much like evolution. (more…)

May 3rd, 2007 | Devices and User Interfaces, Mobile Web | 1 comment