iPhone to reset Mobile Phone Bar says Gartner Analyst

Robin Simpson, Gartner's Research Director, believes that Apple's iPhone will raise the bar for mobile phones.

"Consumers are going to want to use touch screens and sensors, they are going to expect more sophisticated graphics," he said. "The iPhone will reset the bar--it really is that different."

The key elements are the integration of touch and gesture in the interface plus smart technology like sensors that turn off the iPhone's keyboard when talking on it and that sense which direction the iPhone held, upright or horizontal, and adjusts the screen accordingly. More...[Dana Baggett]