Smartphone Software Market Heating Up

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50814.html

"For software vendors, smartphones are becoming a market that is as promising as desktop and laptop computers. This is probably because smartphones truly are computers in their own right -- though pocket-sized -- perhaps even more than being mobile telephones...PC users are rarely satisfied with just the OS and the standard office applications like word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail. They usually end up buying and installing a large number of additional applications...Smartphone users find themselves in the same situation now. They can hardly be content with what is given to them by the vendor at the time of purchase, which usually consists of the main OS only."

Of course we here have a narrower definition of "smartphone" but so be it. The main idea is true though. What comes out of the box for most of us is just not enough. We are still waiting for some kind of backup software for WM5 for example. There is more and more software out there everyday. The question is are you satisfied with the choices? Tell us what applications you think are still missing.

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50814.html

"For software vendors, smartphones are becoming a market that is as promising as desktop and laptop computers. This is probably because smartphones truly are computers in their own right -- though pocket-sized -- perhaps even more than being mobile telephones...PC users are rarely satisfied with just the OS and the standard office applications like word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail. They usually end up buying and installing a large number of additional applications...Smartphone users find themselves in the same situation now. They can hardly be content with what is given to them by the vendor at the time of purchase, which usually consists of the main OS only."

Of course we here have a narrower definition of "smartphone" but so be it. The main idea is true though. What comes out of the box for most of us is just not enough. We are still waiting for some kind of backup software for WM5 for example. There is more and more software out there everyday. The question is are you satisfied with the choices? Tell us what applications you think are still missing.