Basics Play Flute, Name a Tune (or Make a Call) By MATT RICHTEL and LAURA M. HOLSON The New York Times January 2, 2009
So your cellphone has a brushed-metal shell, can flip and slide four ways and has more buttons than an airplane cockpit. Big deal. The new status symbol is what your phone can do - count calories, teach Spanish, simulate a flute, or fling a monkey from a tree. With the advent of touch-screen technology and faster wireless networks, the new competition and cool factor revolves around thousands of fun, quirky (and even useful) programs that run on the phones. The popularity of such applications for Apple's iPhone, the leader of the transformation, is driving a fierce competition among the makers of the BlackBerry and Palm devices, and even Google and Microsoft. It heralds a new era in the allure of a mobile device - the phone is no longer a fashion statement but a digital bag of tricks. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/technology/personaltech/02apps.html *********************************** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET * *********************************** Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
