The FUTURE : Mobile games and other apps in the US

came across this article while surfing ...

USA and China to lead the world in Mobile Games

WOW !! The game industry sure is headed towards more rosier times if this is true .. I do believe that the market in States will improve as more and more people look towards their cell phones as something more than a phone and a watch ..

The consumers are getting newer and more power packed phones these days and this leads to the demand for more content...

The US corporate market will also require a substantial share of the content that is produced over the next 5 years or so .. Most of them already have some solutions in place for PDA's.

All in all its a nice future for the Mobile Application industry ...

There are a few things that do bother me though ...

1) SMS never really made it very big here in states ... the reason .. the way the wireless calling plans are structured... why would i bother typing in text on the phone when i canjust call the person up ( If i am under my minutes quota .. its not costing me extra) ... I was talking to a developer i met in France the other day about the practical use of SMS .. he says he prefers sending an SMS when he just wants to get a message across and not engage in a conversation .. for me .. here in states ... i will have no remorse in calling the person up .. giving the message and hanging up without ever asking "hows everything" .... does it mean I am rude ???

2) Lets face it .. when I am home .. i would prefer playing a game on the XBOX not on the mobile phone ..when I am at work i would prefer to play on the web not the mobile phone.. the only time i see myself playing a game on the phone is during my commute ... i take a train to work ... its a nice way to kill time .. its a good market specially here in NYC cause most of the people use mass transit ... but what about the people who drive .. majority of the people in rest of the country drive to work .. cant expect them to take time out of driving and playing a quick game of snake ( I hope not :-))

There are a few obstacles .. but over all i do believe the mobile phone /PDA will be the next big thing ...