$1 a gigabyte

Time marches on. I still remember when we thought $1 a megabyte was really something. Now it's $1 a gigabyte. That's a conventional hard disk for a PC. I bought a 128MB SD card at Fry's today for $50; a 256MB Compact Flash card costs $55. But the declining cost of storage still the most amazing story of 2003-2004, as I said shortly after CES 2003. It assures that we'll see more complexity under the surface of every device and gadget, not less. The challenge is to boil the complexity down into a user experience that's ever more powerful yet graceful. My first week's experience with the Pocket PC 2002 Edition is like a step back into a klunkier world, but then you iPod and Palm users out there are way ahead of me.