“A mobile phone is a computer in your pocket with the abilities of speech via its speaker, touch and sight via its screen, hearing via a mic, and spatial awareness via GPS. That makes it one of the most powerful tools ever created.” (Five trends from Google that will change how we think about mobile). Komisch, dass das die meisten Medienanbieter immer noch nicht wirklich verstanden haben.
Wahrscheinlich noch nicht mal in der abgeschwächten Form, die Jim Seida von MSNBC gestern im Poynter Chat (How to Use an iPhone as Your Sole Reporting Tool) propagierte: “I don’t think professionals will use it as their primary reporting tool. I won’t. The important thing is that I CAN if I need to. And for non-pros, people who don’t have the hardware and software to do this kind of work…whoah…”
Niemand wird sich übrigens in naher Zukunft ein iPad in die Hosentasche stecken. “Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has controversially claimed that the iPad is not a mobile device during the company’s special mobile event.”
