--- title: Ben Bajarin | TIME description: Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology at Creative Strategies, Inc - A market intelligence and research firm. He focuses his analysis and research on all things consumer technology. He is a husband, father, gadget enthusiast, early adopter and hobby farmer. canonical: https://time.com/author/ben-bajarin/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ben-bajarin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ben Bajarin ## Ben Bajarin Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology at Creative Strategies, Inc - A market intelligence and research firm. He focuses his analysis and research on all things consumer technology. He is a husband, father, gadget enthusiast, early adopter and hobby farmer. ## Ben Bajarin *  Feb 2, 2015 ### [The One Huge Thing Everybody Gets Wrong About Tablets](https://time.com/3692261/tablet-market/) The "tablet market" is really lots of little markets [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 30, 2014 ### [Most Internet Users Will Soon Be Smartphone-Only](https://time.com/3649540/internet-smartphone-mobile-web/) Outside the U.S. and Europe, the smartphone is king [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 2, 2014 ### [Why India Will Be the World's Second Biggest Smartphone Market](https://time.com/3611863/india-smartphones/) India's mobile use is high, but smartphone ownership remains low [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 18, 2014 ### [Why the Internet's Next Billion Users Will Be Mobile-Only](https://time.com/3589909/internet-next-billion-mobile/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 6, 2014 ### [How Communication Will Evolve Through Digital Touch](https://time.com/3474855/touch-communication/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 8, 2014 ### [If the World Was a Village: Tech Edition](https://time.com/3304115/if-the-world-was-a-village-tech-edition/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Aug 27, 2014 ### [The Future of Tablets? Market Segmentation](https://time.com/3193483/future-of-tablets/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jul 22, 2014 ### [Tablet Growth Hasn't Peaked](https://time.com/3018397/tablet-growth-hasnt-peaked/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jul 7, 2014 ### [The Death of Phones](https://time.com/2961091/the-death-of-phones/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 23, 2014 ### [For Smartwatches to Hit It Big, Context Is Key](https://time.com/2910318/for-smartwatches-to-hit-it-big-context-is-key/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 9, 2014 ### [How Mobile Changed the Game -- and Questions About Its Future](https://time.com/2846610/mobile-microsoft-apple-google-facebook/) Mobile ended Microsoft's dominance, saved Apple, made Facebook and could upend Google. So what's nex... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 27, 2014 ### [Don't Give Up On Tablet Innovation](https://time.com/117069/tablets/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 12, 2014 ### [Where Computing Is Headed, from PCs to Smartphones](https://time.com/96139/pcs-smartphones-computers-future/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 28, 2014 ### [Still in the Making: Don't Wait for Tech History to Repeat Itself](https://time.com/78759/still-in-the-making-dont-wait-for-tech-history-to-repeat-itself/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 14, 2014 ### [PC vs Mobile: How Technological Worldviews Are Shaped](https://time.com/60777/pc-vs-mobile-how-technological-worldviews-are-shaped/) The shifting shapes of technological worldviews invite new challenges and new opportunities. 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