Not too long ago there were only a handful of ways that you could surf the Internet. As recently as 2002, Microsoft's Internet Explorer had almost 90% domination, (which meant that web pages really needed to be coded for IE's browser). Today, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera are taking bites out of Microsoft's dominance, and now, there is a new medium that can be used to surf the Internet and more.
The world of business is finally speeding up to us. most business is now able to get done from more locations than ever before, which means longer hours, more stress and more pressure to perform than ever before.
Smart Phones not only connect you from anywhere, they also do away with the brick and mortar business office. As technology gets better, teleconferencing, video phone calls and other applications will make offices even more irrelevant.
One of the largest obstacles that any office environment has to face is communication. Management in some offices have gotten rid of cubicle walls so that coworkers can easily communicate with eachother to increase productivity, Smart Phones can have the same kind of impact. At it's most simple function, a Smart Phone is a cell phone, but its also so much more. The iPhone, for instance, is packed with productivity software, applications, communication tools and ways to make sharing information easier than ever.
Finally, Smart Phones like the iPhone may finally help the entire business community to communicate on the same platform. For businesses that pick the iPhone over other Smart Phones, a switch to a Mac-based office is pretty much guaranteed. The most important question will be which out of the Smart Phones will prove to be the business standard. The winner may help to write the next fifty years of business technology from sea to shining sea.
