The problem with the ultimate problem-solving machine

摘要

REMEMBER when Apple launched the iPhone and you first heard people prattling on about things called apps? Back then, there were just a few hundred applications to choose from - a shortage that looked a lot like an opportunity and promptly gave rise to the newfangled job title of "app designer". These days you can select from more than 2 million iPhone apps - yet more proof of the device's runaway success.