The personal gateway to unbounded diversity

There have already been many different factors propelling interest in smartphones such as gaming, multimedia and digital convergence. The question about killer applications for smartphones engages industry experts’ to express their views about the forthcoming features of smartphones that will drive new waves of increased interest.

In his latest insight article, David Wood, executive vice president of research at Symbian, emphasizes that the real killer application for smartphones will be choice. Smartphones will increasingly provide users with a mobile personal gateway into a digital universe with almost unbounded diversity. Wherever you go, and whatever mood strikes you, you’ll be able to use your smartphone to locate web pages, online communities, applications, or services to cater for your current needs.

This new style of living is sufficiently different from what has happened in the past that it deserves its own new name – the “smartphone lifestyle.” David believes that the people who first take advantage of the fast-moving possibilities of this new lifestyle will inevitably come to be known as “Generation S” – the generation that first adopted the smartphone lifestyle.

Read the whole article by David Wood from here.