House hunting with a mobile phone
September 17th, 2008 By Sue McAllisterIf you ride around in the car on weekends trying to find open houses while balancing a newspaper and map on your lap, it may be time to use your mobile phone instead. A display of properties for sale - and even open houses - may be as close as the screen on your wireless device.
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I really see this as becoming valuable technology, but there are still some wrinkles to iron out. First, the different screen sizes of phones means that there has to be multiple versions of the same application. Let's face it, phones are never going to be standardized. However, as technology moves forward, phones will be more compatible (just like computers....yes, even PC to Mac) and these applications will work on all phones. We're not there yet, but I believe getting close.