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Despite all the economic misery, the past nine months have been a little like the heady days of the early 1980s when the personal computer was just getting rolling and new software programs were popping up like weeds.
That's because we have a new computing platform, the modern hand-held computer, which is also attracting new software and new functions in droves.
The leader in this phenomenon has been Apple's iPhone, though I expect that this year a few competitors will also begin to attract loads of apps, or widgets. These are small software programs, easily downloaded and purchased, that often connect to the Internet to perform a specific function.
We've seen this before, on a smaller scale, with third-party software for the original Palm platform, for Windows Mobile, and, to a limited extent, for the BlackBerry. But these new apps can be far more sophisticated, and they are appearing at a much faster rate.
Mossberg's list:
- Tweetie ($2.99)
- Facebook (free)
- Kindle (free)
- ICE (99 cents)
- Easy Wi-Fi ($2.99)
- ReaddleDocs ($9.99)
- Quordy ($2.99)
- Google Mobile (free)
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