Hardware vs. Software

The article identifies a new problem emerging in the mobile world as consumers realize they can apply their software onto any hardware. Phone companies for years made this seem like an difficult and illegal activity for consumers to do, however consumers are quickly learning they can control what they put on their hardware, and which hardware they want their software to operate on. This article relates to our early class lecture about differentiating between a computers software and hardware, and that mobile software is becoming more and more "programmable" and allows more freedom for its users. This is a concern to phone companies because it means reduced profits.

Article Found: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/1/3056660/mobile-hardware-software-editorial