Tag: post-smartphone

The solution to phone obsession is new ideas, not old ones

By Adam Tinworth

A new company under the venerable Palm name is trying to reduce phone addiction - by giving people two phones. Is the way forwards to go backwards?
Calm Technology knows it is useful – but also knows its place

By Adam Tinworth

Our phones are like noisy, attention-seeking children, always demanding that we look at them. Yet, their younger siblings, smart speakers are quiet and reactive. Could we be finally learning from our mistakes?
After the smartphone? Ambient computing could be our next digital fix.

By Adam Tinworth

The smartphone isn’t going to die any time soon. What will die - and possibly sooner than you think - is the central role it plays in our digital life. And with it will die the idea that any device will play a central role in our digital existence.