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RIM, Apple, and Google are innovating like crazy, but our economic crisis and wireless carriers' greed might spoil the party. If the furious arrival of the BlackBerry Storm has shown anything, it's just how fast, and how far, the Apple iPhone pushed the smartphone industry forward. Although they are locked it competition, manufacturers also seem to be working together to create the next great smartphone. Unfortunately, the looming financial crisis it and wireless carriers' pricing strategies could limit smartphones' appeal in the months to come. Right now, smartphones are selling like mad in the U.S. market, where sales jumped 84 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to NPD, the market-research firm. And technologically, at least, the news keeps getting better. This week, the last two pieces of the puzzle started by the... [read full story]
