different form factors for different needs
Found an interesting article today from Russell Beattie on form factors of mobile devices. It was published in 2005 but makes some great points about what he would like in a perfect phone.
By the end of the article you can see what his perfect phone would be and I’m sure that it will be created soon.
I liked the graphic for the article - it simply gets the point across - I would say that it is next to impossible to meet the needs of all of those audiences - but it might be possible to me the overlapping needs of two or three with one device.
My feeling is that most peopleĀ want a phone that mostly makes phones calls and is small - it certainly seems to be the case when you look at the standard phone on the street.
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