Is the smartphone the new general purpose platform?
There is an ongoing discussion about whether the conventional consumer PC may be be supplanted by smartphones. For many, the smartphone provides all the functions that they need and its mobility is an essential advantage. In less-developed countries, the lower cost is also a key factor. To what extent devices like the iPhone will become a major Internet and computing platform remains to be seen but the New York Times has an article saying that the iPhone and the Apple App Store are major game changers:
Thanks in large part to the iPhone, introduced in 2007, and the App Store, which opened its doors last year, smartphones have become the Swiss Army knives of the digital age.
They provide a staggering arsenal of functions and tools at the swipe of a finger: e-mail and text messaging, video and photography, maps and turn-by-turn navigation, media and books, music and games, mobile shopping, and even wireless keys that remotely unlock cars.
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