I was debating on wether or not to put this under technology, but then I thought, this is far more important to PMC’s and PSC’s. Look folks, the reality is, is that smart phones are going to be everywhere in the near future. They already are for the most part, and if you look around, you will see many people using them. If the factor is price, even that is going down, and soon they will be as cheap as current GSM phones. Even folks in Iran or Iraq are using smart phones, and as they get cheaper and more available, this technology will become even more important and relevant to the private military and security industry.
And I would even argue, that smart phones will be essential tools for the security contractor of the future. I have witnessed contractors use these phones, and they love them. They can bring up Hushmail (free encrypted email), GPS so they can find airports or training facilities or do a convoy operation down the road in Iraq, they can talk to home via Skype (free VOIP service), browse the internet, do their banking, read the forums and blogs, check their Facebook account or follow some Tweets on Twitter–the uses are endless. Hell, even on iPhone, you can get sniper windage and elevation calculation applications.