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The article sorta touches on it, smartphones really took off after the touch screen had time to be made cheaply (it may have been the catalyst for it, chicken and egg sorta thing) with Moore's law is just chugging away in the background. I think the tech revolution these companies want to be the forefront of isnt a device or program, its going to be a user interface.
Think of how the command density changed from dial pads to the first iPhone. Imagine what happens when we find a genuine inprovment for keyboards or the touch screen.
I thought voice might take off more, though Alexa and Siri are popular. Maybe it just isn't efficient enough for large amounts of information.
I have worked with too many people using screen sharing and voice. It can be very frustrating with the "no, not that file! The other one on the left." And right now it's already busy enough with people having meetings in landscape offices or calls on the bus. Imagine if everyone would be talking to their phone or computer the entire time. Maybe when there are easy to use throat microphones and an AI that knows what you want with half a word.