We've reached the commoditization stage of the smartphone and tablet markets. Prices all go down from here. It will be interesting to see if the Apple pony can learn a new trick without it's visionary.
I agree on the commoditization
The Asian tigers have no choice but to compete all out (and invest all out) with Apple because Apple smartphones and Apple tablets are eating into the laptops and desktop markets and the cellphone markets. Laptops prices are down as the iPad eats into laptop markets same as laptops ate into desktop markets for years. Laptop margins are also down so they (Asians such as Samsung, LG) have to take on Apple in these two devices, tablets and smartphones, that Apple started entirely new markets in. I'll give Jobs and Apple credit for establishing these two markets
Any thoughts on where personal computing goes from here?
I've thought for a long time that we will get to a point where each person will have a "device" of some kind that is completely integrated into our lives. When you get to work, it will be the device you use for work. In that car, it will be the device that you use to navigate, listen to music, etc. It will be the device you use to shop, buy and pay for things. At home, it will provide you access to information, will be the pathway to your entertainment choices. On Sunday, you will get your sermon from it if you so choose. Etc.
If you want to go a little further into the future, this device will have a wireless man/machine interface. If you "think" a question, this device will go get the answer and communicate it to you telepathically. We aren't that far off. There are now robotic prosthesis that are controlled by thought.
In short; The Matrix. Question is,in a world this automated, what value can humans provide to earn a paycheck?