Now that the hype around the iPhone starts to subside, the real value is starting to shine through. For the development of web applications it means that a whole new breed of applications now have a market (think of widget that act as a fully fledged application). More and more web applications start to surface that are specifically tailored to portable devices (with small screens). So what I think the iPhone started (and other phones such as OpenMoko will continue) is the era of small, really specialised, applications, pushing Ajax with it.

The other great thing is that OpenID (my other favorite topic ) will also start being used more extensivel, because we all know that writing on small devices is a real pain. There’s a great post over at FactorCity on OpenID & iPhone, which I think says it all.