Today many smart phones provide full HTML browsers. Nokia’s latest N-series and E-series phones, which run Opera browsers for the Symbian operating system, are among the most advanced.

In the future, these mobile HTML browsers will make their way onto even the most basic phones. Motorola recently announced it is adding an HTML browser to its popular Razr phones.

The bottom three-quarters of the world’s population accounts for at least half of the people who have Internet access, which is up from 30% in 2005. Outside the U.S., the main mode of connectivity for many is the cell phone because of its portability, affordability and universal standards. Voice recognition and the touch-screen are common technology interfaces. Read More …