| Defining a smartphone exactly is not at all easy. | | | | intercom function, personal information management, |
| Broadly speaking, any high-end phone with multiple | | | | online banking, LAN connectivity, Graffiti style data |
| features and sophisticated functionalities is called so. | | | | entry, local data transfer between phone set and |
| Thus, price range, features, and functionalities are | | | | computers, remote data transfer between phone set |
| important factors in defining smartphones. Since these | | | | and computers, remote control of computers and |
| factors vary from phone to phone, and sometimes the | | | | much more. The common traits that seem to be there |
| difference is so little that setting parameters for | | | | in smartphones are that they should be voice-centric |
| labelling a phone becomes next to impossible. Yet, as | | | | devices (voice is the primary function, data is |
| of now, a full-fledged email support seems to be the | | | | secondary) and offer PDA-like capabilities. |
| key defining feature of smartphones. | | | | The problem is that almost all the new mobile phones |
| According to tech gurus, there are two basic | | | | have some rudimentary PDA functionalities such as |
| differences between ordinary mobile phones and | | | | phonebooks, calendars, and to-do lists. Moreover, |
| smartphones: the way they are built and the things | | | | BREW and Java ME devices have capabilities for |
| they can do. They are built by making use of open | | | | installation of additional applications; but these devices |
| systems to take advantage of the skills, energy and | | | | are not yet considered smartphones. In addition to that |
| innovation of numerous companies from a vast range | | | | the constant additions in capabilities of all mobile |
| of industries. This means that smartphones extend the | | | | phones, the qualifying features of smartphones are |
| traditional track record of mobile phones by constant | | | | getting complicated. For the finale, it can said that so |
| and rapid improvement. | | | | long your phone is capable of offering the best of |
| Regarding their capabilities, a lot is expected from | | | | what a mobile phone has to offer, it will be regarded |
| them: wireless e-mail, Internet, Web browsing, and fax, | | | | as a smartphones. |