One might say this would include landlines and to some degree existing phone systems inside companies. Those numbers are probably shrinking some (especially landlines in some areas) but I don't think they'll go away entirely for many moons.
The current hotness is apps, but you generally write a different app per device platform. If you think of smartphones as 'http enabled devices', Twilio is allowing a cross-platform experience.
I don't buy it entirely - much of the benefit of http-enabled devices is the display of information as much as the information itself. Not just 'hi res displays', but any display at all. Information transmittal via twilio is often audio/time based. For the same reason podcasts haven't replaced websites, twilio phone interaction isn't going to replace smartphones, websites or anything else.
BUT... it's a great adjunct tech, and does open up a lot of possibilities for new avenues of information exchange/interaction. One might go so far as to call this a 'blue ocean', assuming you'd read that book and agree with the blue/red categorizations. :)
The current hotness is apps, but you generally write a different app per device platform. If you think of smartphones as 'http enabled devices', Twilio is allowing a cross-platform experience.
I don't buy it entirely - much of the benefit of http-enabled devices is the display of information as much as the information itself. Not just 'hi res displays', but any display at all. Information transmittal via twilio is often audio/time based. For the same reason podcasts haven't replaced websites, twilio phone interaction isn't going to replace smartphones, websites or anything else.
BUT... it's a great adjunct tech, and does open up a lot of possibilities for new avenues of information exchange/interaction. One might go so far as to call this a 'blue ocean', assuming you'd read that book and agree with the blue/red categorizations. :)