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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5713165" data-attributes="member: 177">I by no means say that it isn't a useful tool.&nbsp; My bother had cerebral palsy as well, and while he could manage typing slowly, I'm certain he could have found a use for it, if my family could have afforded it.But &quot;has a use&quot; is not equivalent to &quot;complete game changer for everyone&quot;With respect... folks have been imagining that for decades.&nbsp; Asimov wrote of such stuff early in his career.Here's the thing, as I look at it - my recollection is that Gartner research places smartphone sales, overall, as only 20% of the cell phone market in Q3 of 2010.&nbsp; The percentage is probably growing, but by no means a majority, and many of those sales are folks upgrading their phones, not new smartphone users.&nbsp; Many geeks think smartphone penetration is rather larger than it actually is, because geeks tend to be early adopters, so we tend to be surrounded by the things.&nbsp; The lowest end iPhone 4S I can buy would be like $200, with addition of several hundred dollars extra per year of data plan on top of that.&nbsp; Talking to my house would require a substantial computer integrations into the electrical and heating systems - more money.&nbsp; We're talking thousands of dollars, in a bad economy.The game doesn't change on the leading edge.&nbsp; The game changes in the mid-market, and that's a way off yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5713165, member: 177"] I by no means say that it isn't a useful tool. My bother had cerebral palsy as well, and while he could manage typing slowly, I'm certain he could have found a use for it, if my family could have afforded it. But "has a use" is not equivalent to "complete game changer for everyone" With respect... folks have been imagining that for decades. Asimov wrote of such stuff early in his career. Here's the thing, as I look at it - my recollection is that Gartner research places smartphone sales, overall, as only 20% of the cell phone market in Q3 of 2010. The percentage is probably growing, but by no means a majority, and many of those sales are folks upgrading their phones, not new smartphone users. Many geeks think smartphone penetration is rather larger than it actually is, because geeks tend to be early adopters, so we tend to be surrounded by the things. The lowest end iPhone 4S I can buy would be like $200, with addition of several hundred dollars extra per year of data plan on top of that. Talking to my house would require a substantial computer integrations into the electrical and heating systems - more money. We're talking thousands of dollars, in a bad economy. The game doesn't change on the leading edge. The game changes in the mid-market, and that's a way off yet. [/QUOTE]

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