1 in 2 Americans Will Have a Smartphone by Christmas 2011

This is pretty significant news. Pew's last estimate as to home internet penetration in the US was hovering at around 74%ish, last time I checked, and that's over the decades it's been around now.

A 50% penetration rate for smartphones, and their web-ready state and app markets, within a scant few years of its start says interesting things about where software development's headed in the surprisingly near future.