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by Brian X. Chen

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Even Steve Jobs didn't know what he had on his hands when he announced the original iPhone as a combination of a mere "three revolutionary products"--an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. Once Apple introduced the App Store and opened it up to outside developers, however, the iPhone became capable of serving a rapidly growing number of functions--now more than 200,000 and counting.

But the iPhone has implications far beyond the phone or gadget market. In fact, it's opening the way to what Brian Chen calls the "always-on" future, where we are all constantly connected to a global Internet via flexible, incredibly capable gadgets that allow us to do anything, anytime, from anywhere. This has far-reaching implications--both positive and negative--throughout all areas of our lives, opening the door for incredible personal and societal advances while potentially sacrificing both privacy and creative freedom in the process.

Always On is the first book to look at the surprising and expansive significance of Apple's incredibly powerful vertical business model, and the future it portends.

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  • Title Always On: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future--And Locked Us In
  • Author Brian X. Chen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Trade Pape
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press
  • Publication date 2012-10-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780306820762 / 0306820765
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Technological innovations - Social aspects, Telecommunication - Social aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012288581
  • Dewey Decimal Code 621.384

About the author

Former associate editor for Macworld magazine, Brian X. Chen currently writes for Wired.com, where his regular column on Apple is followed by millions of readers. He lives in San Francisco.
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