At least that is what Forrester Research says in a report that was just released.  That’s what I read in an email that I got today from Wireless Week.  Now, if your like me, and you’re in the mobile industry, my first thought was “You’ve got to be kidding me.”  However, as it turns out this is just a sort of sensationalistic way of saying that the smartphone is taking over.

Confused?  I thought you might be.  Here’s the deal.  The report contends that the term smartphone is now passé.  The reason they give for this is that “nearly all” mid range phones now have characteristics that were once considered to be the exclusive realm of smartphones.  In other words, it’s not the smartphone that is dead, it’s the term smartphone that is dying.  It’s becoming meaningless, because all phones (or at least the vast majority) are evolving to become smart.

If you’ve read this blog before, that should not be surprising to you.  Phones are becoming more and more like PC’s in their capabilities.  What this report brings out, is that evolution is restricted to the scope of those phones we once considered smartphones.  In fact, all phones are becoming “smarter”.  From a business perspective this is exciting.  It means that as the devices evolve, we’ll have access to not only information, but also applications to help us deal with that information from just about any cell phone.