Don't know why I didn't mention it before but if you have any interest in web design and want to have a go off smart phone development then be sure to check out Palm development.
Palm in their infinite wisdom have made it possible to produce apps for their new phones using just pre-existing web technologies, namely HTML, CSS and Javascript. Seen as these are all you need to get up and running on the platform it pretty much opens the door for anyone who's done any web development to become a mobile developer. So drop that web page you've been slogging away for the past month, download the Palm SDK and start making some cool apps.
You have to sign up with Palm as a developer to get access to their tools and like Apple there's a $99 sign-up fee, but - here's the cool part. At the moment, it's completely free. In an attempt to attract more developers Palm have decided to waive the fees for a while meaning that you can sign up for free, produce apps for free, distribute them for free, and in effect make money for free.
It's pretty fun too. I enjoy doing web design because it links the artsy stuff with the technical stuff but I like doing the more advanced too and Palm dev is definitely a step in that direction without becoming as complex as some of the other mobile platforms.
Definitely worth a look for any beginners whether you're coming from a web development background or something like programming.
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