In the 1950s we thought singular robots would vacuum, grind our coffee beans and clean our houses, like Rosie on The Jetsons; fifty years later we've got Roombas, AromaDeluxes and Swiffers. In other words we still have to do some work, and didn't correctly envision that these tasks would be tackled by different machines.
So here's another future prediction gone wrong, along similar lines: As we'd mentioned earlier today, Google will not be releasing a Google Phone--they will be writing software that will be disseminated among a 34-member Open Handset Alliance, including the likes of Motorola, Samsung, LG, China Telecom and all of the other big dogs. There won't be any one Google Phone, there will be dozens, if not hundreds.
The New York Times has a profile piece up on Andy Rubin, the architect behind the attendant technology of this ambitious plan. Meet the only man who presently poses a serious threat to the iPhone. And interestingly enough, while Rubin the tinkerer does not have Rosie answering his door, visitors are greeted by a retina scanner attached to the wall.
via the new york times
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