But what few people seem to consider is the impact that the iPhone has had on the wider technological community.  It is something that should be considered though as it is clear that the influence of the iPhone is far from limited to the mobile industry.

A Dream Reborn

One consideration should be what was once a technological ‘ideal’ in the 1990’s, a dream gadget that was able to combine all other gadgets.  This fell away as the sheer number of gadgets that we have available to us multiplied to a vast degree.

Mp3 players, portable web browsers, mobile phones, PDA’s, the list is endless.  And it became too much to expect them all to be reduced down to one or two ‘universal’ gadgets that we could use.  But the iPhone has changed that perception dramatically.

By bringing together a wide range of gadgets, from web browsers to MP3 players, it has distilled them down into the one touch screen device.  More it offers a huge range of other functionalities through it’s wide ranging applications – from acting as a translator to a tool for doing your banking on.

This collection of gadgets in one place has changed how we look at technology again.  What had all but disappeared as a dream has risen again, the universal gadget may not be something that we are actively seeking but when you consider what you now expect your gadgets to do, the wide ranging functions you expect them to carry out, you see that it is something you are at least partially looking to achieve.

The iPhone has changed how we think of our mobile technologies and caused us to reconsider wat we expect from our equipment.  Far from being limited to the mobile phone industry it’s effects really can be felt everywhere.