Meanwhile, early adopters are simply getting to grips with the technology by pitting its uses against everyday tasks, and are finding out wonderful things that could greatly aid and be aided by the enterprise and the Cloud.
When I sprint into a train station from a car park or taxi, thanks to National Rail app on my iPhone 3GS I am headed straight to the platform I need without wasting a second looking up at confused, cluttered and outdated station screens. I also know how many train changes, when and what platform they will arrive on.
On the platform as I wait for the train I log into my home XP PC within 3 seconds via Mocha VNC, activate its keyboard macros to start up my Sky TV set-top box and Windows Media Centre and arrange for the latest episode of "Caprica" to record before I get home. Or if its already on, I get Orb Media Center shut down its Windows equivalent to stream it to my handset and sit back with my bluetooth stereo headphones watching it (in between receiving calls and checking emails while the ever-present commercials run). With the imminent iOS4 upgrade, I will additionally be able to keep the video stream going while answering calls, reading emails or surfing the Web.
Smartphones are only going to get more powerful, longer-lasting, more capable and intelligent, the wireless networks enabling them much faster, widespread and resilient, so the enterprise would do well to get on board by starting their lab testing now.
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