Showing posts with label adoption curve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adoption curve. Show all posts

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Adoption curves of innovations

How long does it take for dinosaurs to die? Some will never do, because evolutions are not always meant to replace older incarnations. Adoption curves (diffusion of innovations) for new technologies are equally interesting. Any suggestions welcome.
  • PSTN/POTS > VoIP
  • Copper/HFC > fiber
  • Narrowband > broadband > ultrabroadband
  • 1G > 2G > 3G > 4G
  • Handset > smartphone > smartbook
  • Analogue TV > digital TV
  • Broadcast > non-linear TV
  • SD > HD > 3DHD
  • Newspaper/book > e-reader
  • LP/VHS > DAT > CDi > CD/DVD > digital locker
Commonalities: digital, IP, fiber-optics, cloud