| Smartphone are phones with advanced technology | | | | Access to the web is available through smartphones |
| that goes well beyond basic phones capabilities. | | | | too. Through the popular 3G network users can |
| Smartphones or becoming closer with every new | | | | access the internet through higher speeds. Through |
| model to having the power of a home desktop | | | | technological advances we will be seeing a 4G |
| computer that fits in your pocket. These phones have | | | | network soon. The 4G network would provide |
| many different applications either built into the phone or | | | | consumers with much higher data transfer speed |
| you can download over the web. The Apple iPhone | | | | compared to the 3G. |
| comes preloaded with various applications. Through | | | | Many phones such as the Apple iPhone utilize user's |
| Apple's iTunes store you can download thousands of | | | | home internet through Wi-Fi support. With the addition |
| application built for productivity or just for | | | | of a router in your home you can tap into the internet |
| entertainment. | | | | at faster speeds than the 3G network. |
| Before smartphones there where only basic phones | | | | Smartphones also include a QWERTY keyboard. |
| that let you make calls and had very basic applications. | | | | QWERTY keyboards are basically a mini version of a |
| The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) was essentially a | | | | PC keyboard. Some phones use physical keyboards |
| smart phone without the capability of making phone | | | | and others touch screen keyboards. Before the |
| calls. Over time and the progress of technology PDA's | | | | QWERTY keyboard users would have to continually |
| added cell phone capabilities which emerged the smart | | | | push the same button in order to rotate through letters. |
| phone. | | | | For example, by pressing 1 multiple times you could |
| Operating systems are an essential feature on | | | | access the, a, b, and c letter. The QWERTY keyboard |
| smartphones. The most popular among operation | | | | was a necessary implementation for the boom of |
| systems is Symbian OS, built by Symbian Foundation. | | | | SMS texting. |
| Symbian contains a user friendly interface, and a | | | | Email access is another important feature of |
| framework that utilizes common applications. Symbian | | | | smartphones. Smartphones are able to sync your |
| OS can be found on Nokia's product line of | | | | email account with your personal email. Smartphones |
| smartphones. | | | | are able to support multiple email accounts. Instant |
| Another vastly popular operating system is Research | | | | Messaging (IM) services, such as Yahoo! Messenger, |
| in Motion (RIM). Rim is Symbian Foundation's biggest | | | | and AOL's AIM are also utilized on the majority of |
| competition and ran exclusively on the Blackberry | | | | smartphones. |
| smartphone. | | | | Apple's iPhone enables you to view attachments sent |
| You can't leave the topic of smartphone operating | | | | via email, such as word documents. Through |
| systems without mentioning Apple's iPhone OS. | | | | application downloads you can download these |
| Currently 2 billion applications have been downloaded | | | | documents from your email and edit the text. Copy |
| from the iTunes store onto the iPhone. The iPhone | | | | and paste is a new feature Apple as updated on the |
| uses accelerometers which enable you to tilt the | | | | iPhone that enables the user to cut or copy text and |
| phone sideways to alter the screen presentation. | | | | paste the text into other applications. |
| Accelerometers are becoming more popular in | | | | The desire for producers is to make the device |
| smartphones. | | | | between the sender and receiver as invisible as |
| The touch screen is a feature made popular by the | | | | possible. The goal is to be able to communicate with |
| iPhone which set a burst of a large line of competing | | | | each other as effortless as possible. With the |
| touch screen phones. By finger gestures such as | | | | technology industry expanding every year, this target |
| sliding, tapping, and pinching the screen, different | | | | becomes more of a realization. |
| features are cued. | | | | |