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- Growth in usage in last decade, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8552410.stm
- 1.6B users visible in 2010, large number hiding behind FW, current usage largest group in China and still small % penetration (tells where products go), 75% of world still to connect, mobiles big help when in research domain)
- CPUs early 60’s ~ 50 years ago IBM Stretch 1.2MIPS, $8M vs an iPhone:
- The smartphone is much smaller, i.e. it fits in the hand versus 2500 sq. feet;
- The smartphone weighs 5 oz. versus 40,000lbs;
- The smartphone uses 10,000 times less power;
- The smartphone is a thousand times faster at 1/100,000th of the cost.
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