| Thirty seven years ago, there was no such thing as a | | | | Businessmen and women love that these phones give |
| cordless telephone much less an abundance of mobile | | | | them better applications and the ability to deliver the |
| phones like we have today. But because people | | | | information they need. Teens especially love the ability |
| wanted the freedom to live their lives rather than being | | | | to sync their smart phone with their Facebook |
| stuck at home waiting for an important phone call, the | | | | contacts. |
| demand for mobility was raised. We've come a long | | | | The type of operating system (OS) that touch smart |
| way from that clunky first cell phone to the touch | | | | phones use will depend on what company made the |
| smart phones you can find available for anyone who | | | | phone. You'll find some with Linux, some with Windows |
| wants one. | | | | Mobile OS while others will have operating systems |
| In 1973, the first cell phone call was made on a phone | | | | that are uniquely their own. |
| that had all the sleekness and appeal of a brick. When | | | | You'll notice that some of the phones will list EDGE |
| cell phones first hit the market, they were so | | | | (Enhanced Data GSM Environment)-it just means |
| expensive the average consumer couldn't afford them. | | | | that's the wireless network technology that phone |
| The ability to touch a screen and have it react to that | | | | uses. It's the way you can surf the Internet on your |
| touch has been around for a while in everything from | | | | phone, send a picture etc. Still other phones will say |
| postal centers with automated package mailers to | | | | Generation 3 or you might see it listed as 3G-that |
| touch screen employment machines at some stores. | | | | means it's the latest technology for mobile phones. |
| These machines made it faster for people to get their | | | | The wireless technology on the phone can vary |
| errands completed. But when that touch screen ability | | | | almost as much as the unique applications you get or |
| was applied to mobile phones, not only was it faster to | | | | can download on your phone. No matter what brand |
| complete tasks, it opened an entire new level of mobile | | | | or model of phone you get, one thing is certain. |
| communication. | | | | The top touch smart phones have put together the |
| Who are the consumers who enjoy using the | | | | latest in technology to bring you the best possible |
| technology these phones deliver? Anyone from | | | | means of communication and data sharing. We've |
| retirees to businessmen and women to college | | | | come a long way in how we share information with |
| students and teenagers. As retirees head to the golf | | | | others in thirty seven years since that first cell phone |
| course or travel the world, the smart phone is their | | | | call. |
| way to keep in touch with their friends and family. | | | | |