Playing it 'smart':Companies using smartphone technology to boost business, reach more consumers

摘要

AKRON-Nineteen months. That's the amount of time left before year-end 2011 when Nielsen Co. predicts smart-phones will overtake feature phones in the U.S. market. According to a recent survey conducted by the ratings company, falling prices for smartphones coupled with an ever-growing number of capabilities is creating a surge of smartphone sales in the U.S. market-something that businesses, including tire dealerships, won't be able to ignore.