The spread of affordable smart phone technology is headed to India. A collaboration between an Indian and Canadian company will see an end-of-year introduction of a relatively low-tech smart phone, retailing for the equivalent of US $15 dollars. While it won't set any records for data (it's 2G after all), the Linux-based system will surely fuel a proliferation of further tech leaps in the future. It makes a lot of sense, especially when considering "just" 65% of those upgrading their handsets were to smart phone platforms. Increasing that number will surely be massively profitable. As the article summarizes, the real moneymaker is in the apps, content, and network services, all of which are accessed through smart phone technology. One only needs to look at 1st world countries to see how successful that can be.
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-15-smartphone-headed-to-india-by-years-end/
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