The iPhone has implications far beyond the phone or gadget market. In fact, its opening the way to what Brian Chen calls the anything-anytime-anywhere future, when well all be constantly connected to a global Internet community via handheld, incredibly capable gadgets with ubiquitous access to data. The anything-anytime-anywhere future will have far-reaching implications for all of us, opening the door to extraordinary possibilities, both personal and social. But there is a price to be paid for being always on: As dozens of other companies scramble to replicate Apples powerful vertical business model, well find ourselves giving more control over our lives to individual companies than ever before, sacrificing both privacy and freedom in the process.
