The Race to Instant-On Computers Begins Oct 28, 2008, 12 :32 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4404 reads) (Other stories by Ashlee Vance)
"Our story spent a lot of time examining the societal trends that seem to have made, say, 70 seconds so important or so aggravating. People have grown used to smartphones, which give them e-mail in a flash. Often they don’t really need Windows software to communicate, surf the Internet or even do work. They want the Web, and they want it now."