Thursday, May 10, 2012

Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? - Technology Review

See the full article for more on smartphone adoption trends in historical context

“Today's technology scene seems overheated to some. Apple is the most valuable company on earth. Software apps are reaching tens of millions of users within weeks. Major technology names like Research in Motion and Nokia are being undone by rapid changes to their markets. Underlying these developments: the unprecedented speed at which mobile computers are spreading.

Presented below is the U.S. market penetration achieved by nine technologies since 1876, the year Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. Penetration rates have been organized to show three phases of a technology's spread: traction, maturity, and saturation.”

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Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? - Technology Review

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