Mobile mania: the telephone becomes a computer
Simon Silvester
The first computers were the size of a room, and ever since they have been becoming ever smaller and more powerful. Simon Silvester looks at how the mobile phone is taking over from the personal computer
The latest generation of mobile phones, which use apps to do everything from street navigation to game playing, are fast becoming the personal computer of choice
When computers were first invented, they were the size of a room. By 1970, they had shrunk to the size of a car. By 1982, they would...