Mobile Devices Will Outnumber People By 2017 130
DavidGilbert99 writes "According to the latest report from analysts at CCS Insight, there will be more mobile phones and tablets in use in four years' time than there are people on the planet. With the machines well and truly taking over, will we be using them or will they be controlling us?"
Re:Define "In Use" (Score:2, Funny)
Define "In Use".
I sure as fuck only have 1 phone and 0 tablets, and that's won't even change.
Everyone I know who has a tablet and a phone pretty much only uses the phone.
I sure hope so!
You fuck more than 1 phone and a tablet on the side - well buddy, you can bet your ass that the phone will find out and leave you. And what? You're stuck with an aging, sagging, out of date tablet who can't even play Flash videos?!
Really?
On a side note, folks say I ahve a porblem with reading compreshension and spelling. I have no idea where they get that from!
Re:Define "In Use" (Score:2, Funny)
It is fun to use a Moore's Law extrapolation. Only 30 years later, cellphones will outnumber insects on the planet. And in a another 173 years after that, they will outnumber the atoms in the universe
Re:It's so breathless! (Score:4, Funny)
Right this moment, there are more ears of corn in use than there are people on the planet. Will we be eating them, or will they be eating us?
Why do you think the population density of areas that are the main producers of corn is so low? Think of how many people say "I'm moving to the country" and then you never hear from them again?
Don't panic. By the time it's turned into flakes it is mostly harmless.
Re:So? (Score:4, Funny)
Cause when we reach a certain ratio of wireless devices to humans, people who are allergic to WiFi will start spontaneously combusting in the street.
So make sure you have your WiFi capable cameraphone with you in case you bump into one of those.
It will make a great twit-post on your face-place wall thingy.
On a side note... That's a whole lot of lithium. Just sayin...