the phone is the computer

* Victor Domingues

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Remember this ?

- "A computer on every desk, and every one running Microsoft software" - In the 70's, said by Bill Gates

- "The Network is the Computer" - Sun's famous moto, by John Gage.

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They're both true: Microsoft runs 90% of all desktops (even now Apple surpassed Linux on desktop) and we all use the network as our own personal computer, with the browser as our interface. But they're also false, since there's more phones in the world than computers, which only a very small part of them are using Microsoft software, also the network is not the computer, is our way of life. We're people dependable and social human beings, we are the network.

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And what about the internet ? That piece of resistance that changed our way of living ? It's the most used interface for communication, right?

Well.. It's also not true. The mobile subscribers outnumber internet users by 2 to 1, where a lot of the internet users are also mobile subscribers, so the internet is not the solution for our way of life, but complementary to the single piece of hardware that's with us in every moment of our life.

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The phone; personal, small, with powerful and tagging capabilities, using universal languages (forget text and english) as sound, images and video, allowing us to socialize with our true friends - the ones on the address book -, the first point of inspiration to content creation that spans over cultures, languages and countries. The phone is and will be the true 'computer' in every pocket (forget the desk), allowing us to be the 'network' within.