Don’t miss the fact that it isn’t just the rise of smartphones that is driving the widespread creation of mobile- and LBS (Location Based Services) friendly applications.
There’s tablets which are really oversized smart phones.
First there was the iPad. Now a whole host of competitors are leaping into the market and today, Apple is releasing the iPad 2 (with a likely 2-1/2 or 3 still to come this year).
A niche that was once going to be filled by “Netbooks” (small cheap stripped down laptops) has been completely taken over, and they all run on mobile platforms such as Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, and others.
They are so functional and light that for many people, they’ve made laptops completely unnecessary.
Look for this market only to grow.