Many credit the explosive popularity of the iPhone to the App Store - a single, easy to find, easy to access clearing house of all Apple approved iPhone Apps.  And Apple hasn’t exactly been stingy with their product approvals.

The slogan, “There’s an App for that,” will not and cannot always be true.  However, by making it central to the iPhone’s advertising campaign, Apple is declaring that they wish to encourage developers who will make programs that can run on Apple’s mobile hardware, and that they will put it out there for users to find.

There are exceptions (for example, Apple does …

According to Mobile Internet Report put out by the researchers at Morgan Stanley, there are five elements that identify the onset of a new computing cycle.

• Better Processing Power
• Improved User Interface
• Smaller Devices
• Lower Prices
• Additional Services

This is certainly true of the jump from Mainframes to Minicomputers, from Minicomputers to Personal Computers, and even from Personal Computers to Desktops with Internet Access.  The Researchers at Morgan Stanley even see it in the jump from Desktop Internet to Smartphones (which are already as powerful as the early iMacs).

But why does that matter?

Well because the each computing cycle has been about ten times as big as …

No, this isn’t the 6-Million Dollar Man we’re talking about, but your telephone.

The combined market share of smartphones has been growing, and not even the Great Recession could slow it down.

$6 million is a pittance to this behemoth.  Palm alone grossed approximately $20 million on smart phones last year, and they aren’t even considered the industry leader.

Proof in the Usage

The NPD Group found that smartphones made up 28% of all cell phones purchased in the 2nd Quarter of 2009, up from only 12% at the end of 2007.  On top of that, Gerry Purdy of Frost & Sullivan predicts that …

Mobile devices have become an integral part of how American’s shop.  According to eBay, shoppers used their Blackberries, iPhones, Androids, &c. to purchase 1.5 million items from E-bay, three times what they bought the previous year, with luxury items acting as a favorite to these online, on the go consumers.

A recent Deloitte survey predicted that consumers would turn to mobile devices to help them with their shopping.

According to their results, roughly one in five consumers expected to use a mobile phone as part of their holiday shopping experience.

Of those using …

Augmented reality refers to any technology driven display or device that provides you with information on a scene beyond what you could experience with your five senses.

You can find examples of AR in many televised sporting events.

• In baseball, a pop up display will show you a batter’s statistics.
• In football, the line of scrimmage and first down lines are highlighted to make them easier to view.
• In racing, a moving line or overlaid image of previous footage lets you track the current field against an earlier time.

Imagine What You Could Do If You Could Take That Ability With You

Mobile AR combines several …