India will have 730 million internet users by 2020 and is already in a 'Post-PC' era

Steve Jobs probably didn't have India in mind when in 2010 he made his ambitious claim about the arrival of post-PC era. Though Jobs was hoping the iPad — or the tablet category, in general — would replace bulky desktops and laptops, the world's second most populous nation has embraced the post-PC era with cheap Android smartphones.

India’s 1.3 billion people never really had their PC revolution moment. Instead, the smartphone is increasingly becoming the country’s primary choice of computing platform, leapfrogging the PC age entirely. Whether it’s how people in India connect to the internet or shop or socialize, it’s already become clear that the country is living in the post-PC era. Read more...