Have we reached peak smartphone?<article>
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At the end of 2006, the cell phone landscape was awash with devices that filled specific wants and needs. If you wanted the coolest way to make calls, you got the RAZR. If you needed to email colleagues on the go, you bought a BlackBerry. If you were constantly texting your friends during study hall, there was the Sidekick.</p><p>
Some had keyboards, some flipped, some gave us access to the “baby Internet,” some had cameras. Walking into a Verizon or AT&T store was an exercise in exhaustion, with rows of phones running the gamut of designs. There were no real unifying elements, even as cellphones were clearly heading in a smarter, richer direction. No one was able to put it all together until Steve Jobs pulled the iPhone out of his pocket. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2892316/have-we-reached-peak-smartphone.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Have we reached peak smartphone?
