Comments on: The New Commodity PC http://www.improbableinsights.com/2009/07/27/the-new-commodity-pc/ Loyd Case on Technology, Media, Games and Culture Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Abdul http://www.improbableinsights.com/2009/07/27/the-new-commodity-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Abdul Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:18:44 +0000 http://www.improbableinsights.com/?p=46#comment-63 "PCs as commodities may be what finally levels the digital divide." And I would add smartphones/iphones...The recent Pew report on handheld/smartphone internet use is significant because it mentions how these devices are having a significant impact on decreasing the digital divide in groups that traditionally have not had as much access to the 'net (e.g., blacks, hispanics...) “PCs as commodities may be what finally levels the digital divide.”

And I would add smartphones/iphones…The recent Pew report on handheld/smartphone internet use is significant because it mentions how these devices are having a significant impact on decreasing the digital divide in groups that traditionally have not had as much access to the ‘net (e.g., blacks, hispanics…)

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