ABI Research defines a smartphone as a cellular handset using an open, commercial operating system that supports third-party applications. Apple’s iPhone runs the Mac OS X operating system, so at first glance it would seem to fall into the smartphone category, but ABI Research says the device will be closed to third-party applications. –>

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