"Anything-Anytime-Anywhere" is the cry sounded in this book surrounding the iPhone & Apps introduction, which seems to be more of an invasion. The book is a lively commentary on the history of how the iPhone combined the iPad, the cell phone and "always on" Internet access into one device--which even Steve Jobs did not recognize in terms of its real potential--and the effect it has had on our world--the good and the bad--and a look at what this means for the future. The author, Brian Chen, lumps Jobs in with all who were "fooled" by the introduction of the iPhone. This is because it was months later that the Apps Store was introduced as a separate announcement. The Apps changed the whole nature of what the iPhone with its unique and newborn "touchscreen" truly is, especially because the Apps Store accumulated over 400,000 of them by 2011. Chen explains, "By offering apps that filled every need, Apple retroactively delivered one device that can potentially replace any piece of hardware you could ever want to buy."
Aside from the benefits of such a device and its capabilities, these apps were also laden with extensive user data and personal info, which began to show themselves as real privacy issues should iPhones land in the hands of others. We have seen this has come up already in the news.
The book speaks also of the shakeup in the industry that followed the iPhone introduction and the effect it had on other key players like Google and Microsoft. It gives us a look too at where the future will most likely be going.
It is an easy, informative read on how the iPhone has changed and will continue to change the way we live. If the past is any indication of how fast things are changing, this book will not remain current for very long.
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