“We love our smartphones. Not only have they become our most used computer, but more importantly, smartphones provide an unimaginable amount of power at our fingertips. However, the smartphone form factor leaves opportunities for other devices to provide this same kind of incredible power only in even more personal ways,” Neil Cybart writes for Above Avalon. “Apple is laying the groundwork for new platforms based on wearables, the connected home, and eventually the car that will combine to form one large encompassing ecosystem that ushers in a new level of personal technology. We are entering a new Apple era.”
“Apple’s product line used to be thought of as a stool with each leg representing a different product,” Cybart writes. “Consensus was set on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac forming an ecosystem that will play a crucial role in our lives. In reality, these three product categories are much more similar than people have been thinking. New platforms are needed to help make technology more approachable and personal.”
“The iPhone, iPad, and Mac are converging into one central ‘brain’ while new platforms will be formed focused on key aspects of our lives including transportation, home, and body (wearables),” Cybart writes. “In this new era, the iPhone is positioned as the center point of our digital lives with iCloud and Apple services representing the glue connecting everything together. Earlier this year at WWDC, Apple unveiled watchOS, its first wearables platform. Last week, Apple added a new platform to the mix with tvOS. The two platforms serve as examples for how Apple will eventually embrace bigger themes like wearables and the connected home (and eventually the car).”
Muchd more in the full article – highly recommended – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Particularly salient is Cybart’s observation: “Looking back at Apple’s WWDC keynote, the significance of the ‘The App Effect’ video that was shown takes on a whole new meaning after seeing Apple unveil watchOS and tvOS. While the video was focused on iPhone apps, it is reasonable to one day replace ‘iPhone’ with ‘Apple Watch,’ ‘Home,’ and even ‘Car.’ Apple looks at apps as the path to accomplishing its long term goals.”
