Android’s Law

Some of us remember Moore’s Law where the transistor density of semiconductor chips doubled roughly every 18 months. It basically meant that new PCs almost doubled in power with every generation. Well, there’s a new law being touted (by David Goldman of CNNMoney) called Android’s Law and it goes like this- If you bought a smartphone within the past year, it’s probably already outdated. It’s coined Android’s Law.

It seems that handheld devices are continually delivering improved performance and power at breakneck speed. The recent barrage of Android phones and tablets to the market are examples at how quickly vendors can go ‘from scratch’ to functioning handhelds in mere months.