Almost of us today have experienced all the five screens. Remember the days when the new movie that we watch is on a big screen cinema? Later these same movies are shown on the comfort of our home via the television. Later in the digital era, most of these movies can be downloaded over the Internet and watched over the laptop screen. When 3G is available and Youtube became the number one content on the Internet to be watched, most of us squint our eyes to watch this on the small smartphone screen.

Weirdly, when the speed of mobile increases and also with the introduction of Tablets on the mass market, we now return back to a bigger screen i.e. Tablet. WiFi became faster with the introduction of 802.11n and 802.11ac, thus, makes the TV screen a better display for watching video with family. Furthermore, the current TV is equipped with Internet, OS and Social Media applications such as Youtube, Flickr, Facebook etc. Since viewing contents have become personalised to oneself or family or friends, TV has returned to be one of the favourite screens for our daily life.

But 2013 created a new beginning for the 6th screen - Smart watches! Samsung Gear, Pebble, Sony, Nike have launched their new smart watches which had a very small display. Its great for notifications, capturing your daily activities (walking, cycling, running, sleeping etc), answering phone calls, remote control, etc.

Now...what is your main Screen?

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