Smartphones

1.      What Is a Smartphone?

A smartphone is a combination of standard PDA and mobile phone. A mobile phone is a communication device which is connected to a wireless communication network through radio waves. Most mobile phones offer voice communications, SMS and MMS services. A PDA (Individual Digital Assistant) on the other hand, is a handheld device that provides services like computing and internet capabilities. Traditionally PDAs had been not offering phone or fax services.In the beginning, mobile phones had been utilized primarily for making calls and PDAs utilized as individual, portable organizers.

Smartphones allow users to store facts, e-mail, and install programs and generating calls all in one device. A smartphone's features are ordinarily more oriented towards mobile phone solutions than the PDA-like attributes. There is no business regular defining a smartphone.

two.     History of smartphone

The 1st smartphone called Simon was designed by IBM in 1992 and it contained a calendar, address book, globe clock, calculator, e mail and games, which was thought to be innovative throughout that period. The Nokia communicator, and are some of the preferred smartphones introduced through the final two decades. Android, a cross platform and popular Open Source for smartphones, backed by Google was released in 2008.

3.     Features of a smartphone

Operating technique: A smartphone will be based on an operating method that will allow it to run several applications. A smartphone operating technique enables the owners to use various applications at the exact same time. A user can check the phonebook in his smartphone whilst taking a call. Similarly he can make a call whilst watching a video without interrupting the media player application. Furthermore, smartphones can be synchronized with other devices like a individual pc or laptop. Some of the trendy operating systems are Android, iOS, Windows Telephone 7, Symbian S60, Meego, Blackberry OS 6. and Bada.