Better Quote by Tony Fadell

It can't be that difficult to build a great thermostat. So I decided to figure out: What would the thermostat for the iPhone generation…

— Tony Fadell

The smartphone revolution is under-hyped, more people have access to phones than access to running water. We've never had anything like this before since…

— Marc Andreessen

Whether you are a consumer, a hardware maker, a software developer or a provider of cool new services, it's hard to make a move…

— Walt Mossberg

“some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You’re a thermostat. You don’t register the temperature in a room, you change it.”

— Andre Agassi

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

— Umberto Eco

My dad insisted I got a trade. He had a plumbing business. So you are looking at a qualified heating engineer.

— Colin McRae

Seriously, it's 2012. Can we please get some waterproof phones ? I would like to text in the shower.

— Anonymous

The funny thing is that even engineers and techs don't know what a tiny telephone connector is - people call them TT connectors. Engineers…

— John Vanderslice

“Be a thermometer and not a thermostat! (Set the temperature rather than registering it!)”

— Karen Budzinski

There were times when we didn't have hot water or a phone line. But I guarantee you, we always had cable, and it was…

— Barry Jenkins

Smart phones are re-inventing the connections between companies and their customers.

— Rich Miner

Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.

— Howard Rheingold