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Before and After the iPhone

This graphic by Josh Helfferich (@Digeratii) makes you think about smartphone design and the origin of cellphones, whence they came, and where they’re going. It raises the question, “where’s the smartphone innovation?”

Rather than a Cambrian explosion, after the iPhone was introduced, it looks like there was a copycat revolution. This is by no means a scientific illustration, but it raises the question — are smartphone designers playing it safe by following Apple’s iconic iPhone design? Or is a minimalist black slab the most efficient way to create a touchscreen smartphone? (via TechCrunch + Mashable’s Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS])

hongisagirl:

So this is 2012. 

”Here’s another sign that the world is going up in flames: people are so attached to their cell phones that they need a monetary incentive to not use them during meals. That incentive comes in the form of phone stacking, a new “game” andNew York Daily News -approved trend thing that a California hip hop dancer named lil B is taking credit for creating. It’s also called “Don’t Be A Dick During Meals With Friends.” 

The rules: everyone stacks their phones face-down, and if a person at the table reaches for their device before a meal is over, they have to pay the whole bill. It’s in some ways similar to credit card roulette, in that some pushover ends up picking up the tab. Because in the end, we are all weak-willed, compulsively tweeting, diabetic bags of flesh.”