Introduction

Experiencing the Mobile Revolution Firsthand

Mobile has eaten the world.2,3

It’s a technology that has greater power than most of the technologies that came before it. What’s more, its power is only going to grow stronger, its reach into our lives deeper.

In this book, I am going to explain how mobile came to be, what makes the best mobile products, and how these factors influence the present and future of the industry.

To begin, let’s talk about where mobile gets its power and how I became interested in it.

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