Walt and Nilay compare toasters to smartphones

This week, Walt’s column features the concept of the “information appliance,” something that has changed meaning over the years, since the introduction of the Apple II. Now that the smartphone has become everyone’s main computer, what is next in the progression? Walt and Nilay discuss this on a great retro-tech episode of Ctrl-Walt-Delete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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