[freehunter]

These devices are boring because they just keep getting better without really changing at their core. So what would make them better? Software that just keeps getting better without changing at its core. It's like saying you're bored with the Xbox 360 so you're just waiting for the new Madden to come out.

I'm not seeing the point of this piece. It doesn't offer anything in the way of information. It's a fluff piece that can be boiled down to "things are going good, so let's just keep on moving forward" with the call to action of "hey mobile devs, have you ever thought of developing for mobile devices?"

I would even argue that the big innovation isn't coming from software next, it's coming from hardware. Notice that the big talent is switching back to hardware? Just because Apple's profit margins don't push them to make another huge innovation doesn't mean that no one is innovating.

[vikot]

Point is that there is no much room to inovate at hardware level. Both Apple and Samsung are doing great devices now. Which is actually good. Software is where we might see some exciting stuff coming. Yes I'm bored with gaming consoles as well. Only innovation comes from games it selves. Kinnect is an exception.

[freehunter]

"No more room for innovation" could have been said about everything in history. After the cell phone came out, there was no more room for innovation because it was a handheld device that fit in your pocket and let you make calls anywhere. What more do you want? After Windows Mobile, it was a pocket computer that let you program and install applications and browse the web. What more do you want?

The reason it's easy to discount past innovations and say that hardware is perfect now is because past innovations have already been developed. They've already been made, and they already exist. They're obvious now. Future innovations are not obvious, that's why they're innovations. The better software called for in the blog post is just minor iterations like a new Madden (that's a really innovative game). Meanwhile, the Kinect has already been made, so of course the Xbox is perfect and hardware is dead. Pay no attention to the fact that Kinect wouldn't have existed if people thought the same way you do.