MSNBC's iPhone & Android App Comparison

Perhaps the biggest impact that Apple has had on the smartphone industry is the focus on apps. Before the iPhone came along the focus for smartphones was on integration with e-mail servers like Exchange and Lotus Notes or enhancements to traditional phone services like voice mail. Today when we are asked what is it that we use smartphones for our answers have to do with the apps that we use to access social networks like Facebook and Twitter, or how we use them to listen to music, watch movies, or read a book.