
The next generation of mobile devices, called smartphones, promises to combine the calling power and convenience of a cell phone with the applications and functionality of a laptop. SearchMobileComputing.com spoke recently with Michael Disabato, an analyst with Midvale, Utah-based Burton Group and author of a research report titled Smartphones: What’s in your pocket?, about the rise of the smartphone, its implications for the enterprise market and some of the roadblocks, both technical and manmade, standing in its way.