Then came the apps (on the Palm first, by the way). And, the app store. Then folders for apps. The Web brought competition and diversity in what we use our smart phones for.
With this one feature, however, we seem to be stepping backward--in a smart way.
One button access to what makes our minutes click by. And, let's face it, this is better than an icon on a desktop with a number on (indicating inbox messages, etc). Who cares about alerts of inbound, when we want to just check in, tune out, and wander our social sphere for a few minutes.
But it gets better. These are designed to even enhance the other functions of the phone, adding a hardware-based social element.
From Mashable.com:
Speaking at a MWC keynote titled ‘The Power of Applications’ this morning, HTC CEO Peter Chou said that the Facebook button ‘knows where you are.’
‘If you’re in an app you want to share, or listening to music, you can share it by pressing one button,’ he said. In practice, after clicking the button a menu will appear, letting you write whatever you want into that Facebook status field.
What do you think?
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