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+-   Smartphones Get Killer App-> on Friday June 26, @03:06PM Michael_Curator

Submitted by Michael_Curator on Friday June 26, @03:06PM
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Michael_Curator writes "A killer application has finally emerged that should allow smartphones to overtake conventional PCs and laptops as the computing device of choice: it's called augmented reality, and as absurd as that sounds, that's exactly what it is. Mobile device consultant Tomi Ahonen wrote on his mobile developer forum that, "this is one of those game-changer types of innovations." Using location based services on smartphones that include a camera, GPS and a compass, the technology allows customers to augment their surroundings with metadata layered over what their smartphones capture through their viewfinders."
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