web design placement?

I have been in contact with a web design agency, whom have recently been interested in taking a few students on for a rolling placement over this year. I jumped at the chance to take any experience in the web design industry as it is one of the areas I am keen on going into. While I have done some research on what the jobs of a web design worker does, being able to see it first hand would help me a lot.

The un-named agency are quite a small company who specialise in web design and iphone applications. I know little to nothing about iphones or iphone apps for that matter so I am questioning whether I should research a bit into why I'm hearing more about them all the time. Will iphone apps still be a sustainable design industry in the next ten years or is it a bridge to a new technology?

I have included a recent iphone application that has caught my eye for Stephen Fry's autobiography, it is called 'myfry' and allows the viewer an innovative new way of reading books, but ill let the video describe how...