What is a smart phone?

Smart Phone: A general term used to describe a wireless telephone set or handheld device with special computer-enabled features not previously associated with cellular phones. It integrates personal information management and cellular phone capabilities into one device so you have one device that handles everything for you.

A smart phone is considered a next-generation, multifunctional cell phone. It handles many of the same features your laptop or computer handles, but it is also a cellular phone, and is much smaller.

Instead of carrying around a wireless-enabled PDA (ex. palm pilot) and a cellular phone, the smart phone provides all of these features in one: Voice communication, text-messaging capabilities and facilitates data processing.

Many smart phones adopt the traditional 12-button cell phone keypad, plus navigation and function keys which allows for a one-hand operation. Some smart phones use a QWERTY layout, a tiny version of the standard computer keyboard. Some other smart phones, especially PDA (personal digital assistants which are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years) phones, provide a stylus for handwriting input.

Here is a list of some of what a smartphone’s features may include:

1. Wireless email, Internet, Web browsing, and fax

2. Speakerphone function

3. Personal information management

4. LAN connectivity

5. Graffiti style data entry

6. Local & remote data transfer between phone set and computers

7. Remote control of computers

8. Remote control of home or business electronic systems

9. Text messaging capabilities

10. Photographic capabilities (Built-in camera)

11. Ability to create short video clips

12. Personal agenda/task list

13. Caller ID photo capabilities

14. Enhanced wireless capability such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and infrared and the ability to synchronize with computers.

15. A large memory

Here are some examples of smart phones:

Sony Ericsson P910
Treo by Palm
Orange SPV c500
Nokia 7610
RIM BlackBerry
T-Mobile MDA II
HP iPAQ h6315
palmOne Tungsten T5
Motorola Q PDA

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