Smartphone
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A smartphone is generally considered any handheld device that integrates personal information management and mobile phone capabilities in the same device. Often, this includes adding phone functions to already capable PDAs or putting "smart" capabilities, such as PDA functions, into a mobile phone.
The key feature of a smartphone is that one can install additional applications to the device. The applications can be developed by the manufacturer of the handheld device, by the operator or by any other third-party software developer.
The first smartphone was called Simon designed by IBM in 1992 and shown as a concept product at COMDEX. It was released to the public in 1993 and sold by BellSouth. Besides a mobile phone, it also contained a calendar, address book, world clock, calculator, note pad, e-mail, and games. Customers could also use a stylus to write directly on its screen to create facsimiles and memos.
As of 2004 smartphones are an increasingly large part of the mobile phone market. In a couple years, it is likely that most phones sold will be considered "smart", except for disposable phones.
One of the most advanced smartphones on commerce in the second half of 2005 will be the HTC Universal [1] (http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/T-Mobile/T-Mobile-MDA-IV.shtml) (distribuited by T-Mobile as MDA IV, by Vodafone Germany as VPA IV and by Orange as 3G SPV) with characteristics like UMTS+GPRS+WLAN+Bluetooth, 640x480/65K display, 128MB RAM+SD slot, full QWERTY keyboard, 520MHz Intel processor, Windows Mobile 2005, two integrated cameras in a weight of only 210 g. including battery. Other advanced smartphones as in 2005 include Nokia 9500, Sony Ericsson P910i/c/a, PalmOne Treo 650i and I-mate PDA2K.
Most common operating systems are Symbian (developed by a group of renowned mobile phone solution providers), Palm OS (developed by PalmSource), Windows CE (developed by Microsoft), BREW (technically a platform developed by Qualcomm), and Linux. It is worth noting that Symbian is technically not an OS. It is set of tools that developers use to provide specific solutions that may be classified smart such as e-mail, for instance.
Symbian, the current leader with over 80% market share, is used by five different smartphone platforms. Three of the platforms are developed by Nokia (Series 60, Series 80 & Series 90), a forth is developed by NTT DoCoMo for the Japanese market and the final one is developed by a subsidiary of Symbian itself (UIQ). Contrary to the information published on PalmSource's website, Symbian OS v8.0 is largely backwardly compatible with previous versions.
Smartphones in the U.S. tend to be PDAs with phone capabilities while those in Europe and Japan tend to be phones with PDA capabilities. Features tend to include Internet access, e-mail access, scheduling software, built-in camera, contact management, GPS navigation software and occasionally the ability to read business documents in a variety of formats such as PDF and Microsoft Office. In the CTIA conference held in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2004, incorporation of television into the smartphone was among the topics discussed.
Opera's "Small-Screen Rendering" is a special way to reformat webpages to fit inside the small screen width, hence eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.
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List of smartphones
Symbian OS
- Arima U300
- BenQ P30
- BenQ P31
- FOMA F2051
- FOMA F2102V
- FOMA F880iES
- FOMA F900i
- FOMA F900iC
- FOMA F900iT
- Lenovo P930
- Motorola A920
- Motorola A1000
- Motorola A1010
- Nokia 3230
- Nokia 3620 (GSM 850/1900 successor of the 3650)
- Nokia 3650
- Nokia 3660 (GSM 900/1800/1900 successor of the 3650)
- Nokia 6260
- Nokia 6600
- Nokia 6620
- Nokia 6630
- Nokia 6638
- Nokia 6670
- Nokia 6680
- Nokia 6681
- Nokia 6682
- Nokia 7610
- Nokia 7650
- Nokia 7710
- Nokia 9210
- Nokia 9290
- Nokia 9300
- Nokia 9500
- Nokia N70
- Nokia N90
- Nokia N91
- Nokia N-Gage
- Nokia N-Gage QD
- Panasonic X700
- Panasonic X800
- Samsung SGH-D700
- Samsung SGH-D710
- Samsung SGH-D720
- Sendo X
- Sendo X2
- Siemens SX1
- Sony Ericsson P800
- Sony Ericsson P900
- Sony Ericsson P910i (GSM 900/1800/1900)
- Sony Ericsson P910c (GSM 900/1800/1900 for China Mainland)
- Sony Ericsson P910a (GSM 850/1800/1900 for North and Latin America )
Palm OS
- Handspring Treo 180
- Handspring Treo 270
- Handspring Treo 300
- Kyocera 6035
- Kyocera 7135
- PalmOne (Handspring) Treo 600
- PalmOne Treo 650
- PalmOne Tungsten W
- Samsung SGH-i500
- Samsung SGH-i505
- Samsung SPH-i300
- Samsung SPH-i330
- Samsung SPH-i500
- Samsung SPH-i550
Windows CE / Windows Mobile
- Audiovox PPC4100
- Audiovox PPC6600
- Audiovox SMT5600
- Compal AR-11
- Hitachi G1000
- HP h6310
- HP h6315
- i-mate SP3
- i-mate SP3i
- MiTAC Mio 8380
- MiTAC Mio 8390
- Motorola MPx200 (Motorola/Microsoft venture)
- Motorola MPx220 (update of the MPx200)
- Motorola NEXTEL i930
- Orange SPV
- Orange E200
- Orange C500
- O2 xda
- O2 xda II
- Qtek 2020
- Qtek 9090
- Qtek 8080
- Qtek 8010
- Qtek S100
- Samsung SCH-i600
- Samsung SGH-i700
- Siemens SX45
- Siemens SX56
- Siemens SX66
- Sierra Wireless Voq A11
- Xplore G99
Linux
The embedded Linux OS for Motorola's smartphones is currently being developed at the company's Personal Communication Sector (PCS) in Beijing, China.
- Motorola A760 — The first phone to use Linux.
- Motorola A780
- Motorola E680
- E2 E2800
See also: Embedded Linux
Other
See also
- Microbrowser
- BlackBerry
- Symbian OS
- Nokia Series60
- Information appliance
- Videophone
- List of Motorola mobile telephones
External links
- Current deals on smartphones (http://www.point.com/phones/pda.php)de:Smartphone