“We’re reaching the end of summer when Apple is expected to begin a flow of fresh temptations designed to give the firm top billing in the post-PC world; meanwhile Microsoft has lost the game,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “Microsoft has failed.”
“We’ve migrated from a PC-dominated paradigm to a new world in which, like trucks, we may use a PC for the heavy lifting while using mobile devices for most of what we do,” Evans writes. “This is why what Apple’s been planning across the last few months is so important. Love it or loathe it, its adventures in the mobile space and those of its competitors show that tomorrow’s computer world will be a PC taken outside the box and into your lapel, your pocket, your wristwatch, goggles and shoes. It’s just how it is.”
Evans writes, “This isn’t just about platform pre-eminence, this will be about offering solutions. I think there are already several signs Apple intends widening the solutions inherent within its devices. There’s strong indicators part of that move involves ensuring it builds a large installed base of products that will eventually be compatible with its future plans.”
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