Inside the Mobile Application Revolution

Regardless of whether we're talking about applications for the iPad, the iPhone, the Blackberry, or one of the dozens of other new mobile platforms, a whole new industry is suddenly creating a degree of excitement and innovation not seen since the late ‘90s. What are the implications, and why is this happening now? We'll fill you in.

The mobile digital technology wave began in the late '80s, and it has been advancing at an accelerating pace ever since.  Today, the basic mobile phone has saturated not j.....