The App-Driven Gadget Floodgates Are Open

Are smartphone add-ons the new growth area for smartphones? Peruse any big consumer electronics box-store aisles, and you can't help but notice a new style of peripherals hugging the displays.

For years we've seen shelves upon shelves of PC add-ons like extra hard drives, printers and gaming consoles stacked alongside the clunky machines themselves -- all ready for our eager consumption.

However, what happens when the PC market slows, as pundits are telling us it's doing? It would be reasonable to expect the peripheral market to contract too.  FULL ARTICLE AT TECHNEWSWORLD