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Most of the 'applications' I see are either games, or else things like movie listings or similar which don't do all that much.
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I think you would see things differently if you actually had one of these phones. I took a little time trying to find software for my wife's RAZR and found applications that can replicate pretty-much everything I do with my PocketPC - not that I know if they are better/worse/same as the PPC software, but the applications are there. Same for my Nokia 6682 and E62, except that for these I can say for sure that the applications are at least as good as the PPC equivalents.
I have little doubt that your average teenager is more interested in ringtones and soft-porn images of their favourite movie stars than PIM clients. Never forget, though, that today's teenager is tomorrow's business user. Just because it may be true that your typical phone user TODAY is not so interested in installing applications that this makes such a feature irrelevant or undesirable, because you can be sure they'll be using their phones for more things tomorrow.