| The technology of mobile phones is advancing very | | | | functional internet is already offered in most phones. |
| fast. These days, everyone is flaunting smart phones | | | | Projectors are being added to the hardware so that |
| like Blackberry, iPhone, Android, etc. Already, phones | | | | you can make a presentation from your phone. |
| are much more complex than they were till a few | | | | Touchscreens are getting better by the day. The |
| years ago. The iPhone and Blackberry have changed | | | | storage capacity in phones has already reached levels |
| everything. The iPhone has converted the phone into a | | | | of 32 to 64 GB of data. Already, you can perform |
| music player and a lot more with its mind-blowing | | | | most of the tasks which you perform on your |
| selection of over hundred thousand applications. | | | | computer. For the Internet, with 3G/3GS speeds, the |
| Meanwhile the Blackberry has taken email to a new | | | | computer may no longer be required. The phone will |
| level. The moment, you get an email, it is pushed to | | | | be enough for browsing and the Internet. Maybe there |
| your Blackberry device. Google launched its Android | | | | could be a cable to connect the phone to a monitor so |
| mobile operating system and it is fast catching on with | | | | that a bigger screen is available. Similarly printer |
| mobile manufacturers like Motorola and HTC. It already | | | | attachment could also be given via the common |
| has a selection of over twenty thousand apps. | | | | interface (like usb). |
| What does this competition mean for the end user? | | | | The multitude of applications available have already |
| Expect more and more innovations to come in. In a | | | | shown that mobile devices can be used for a very |
| few years, maybe your laptop or netbook may no | | | | wide variety of purposes previously unheard of. |
| longer be required by you. In fact, phones may acquire | | | | Maybe smart phones will be called pocket computers |
| a new name altogether. They will become devices | | | | in future. Let's see. |
| from which you could also make phone calls. Fully | | | | |