Beneath the glittery glow of smartphone superstardom -- you know, the stage occupied by the
BlackBerry Storm, the
G1, the
iPhone, and the like -- lies an ever-present hotbed of workhorses, unglamorous handsets that get the job done and bring home the bacon for their carriers. Phone emulation service
DeviceAnywhere reports that the original Motorola RAZR V3 is its most popular device used for software testing, suggesting that developers are still looking to these mass-market phones to sell apps -- despite the high-profile SDK draw from more expensive gear. With 10,000 apps now sitting in Apple's App Store, we're not feeling too bad for iPhone owners, but it's good to know that the free-on-contract cats aren't about to get left behind in the fray.
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eggothewaffle @ Dec 8th 2008 9:45AM
...How is the iPhone a smartphone if it can't multitask?
PH0ENIX @ Dec 8th 2008 3:11PM
Blackberry is technically a "smart" phone, but many people complain about slow performance because they don't know how to properly close apps and leave them running in the background.
I guess there's something to be said about a phone that's smarter than its users...
lassi @ Dec 9th 2008 3:57AM
or developers don't have a crappy motorola around their desks to test. deviceanywhere is typically used to test phones you DON'T have but are intrested in anyways, if just for checking out if they work or not acceptably.