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You’ve probably heard the term ‘smart phone’ a lot and have wondered what it is exactly. How is a smart phone different from a cell phone? A smart phone is a mobile phone with extra features which that you find on a PDA (personal digital assistant) or computer – such as the ability to send and receive e-mail, create and edit Microsoft Office documents, get directional instructions via GPS system. etc.
Thus, you can find tons of games, GPA systems, weather reporting programs, tv programs and even the entire Microsoft office suite on these devices – each accessible not at the click of a mouse, but at a few presses of a free thumb. Some of the popular brand names include: Blackberry, iPhone, Palm Pre, HTC Touch, Palmsource, Nokia and Windows CE. One of the most common external features of smart phones is the QWERTY keyboard. This could be hardware (physical keys) or software (on a touch screen like you’ll find on the iPhone).
Why should smart phones appeal to you? At best, smart phones give us the opportunity to express ourselves impromptu with entertaining results. Smart phones enable us to do things which would prove cumbersome if attempted with a bulky desktop computer or laptop. Even some of the smallest peripherals (digicams, iPods, mp4 players, etc) don’t give us the same opportunities that smart phones do. Simply put, a smart phone may pass for a computer, camera, iPod, television and telephone in one.
Being able to carry around a device for communication, creation, recording, and editing simply compliments the need for today’s generation to do more and do it faster. To read more on Smart phones, check www.en.wikipedia.org
Most of these smart phones, however, are too costly for the average Akokite. There are cheaper, comparatively able phones such as Nokia E63 (around N28, 000), Nokia N70, Nokia N71. For information on features of these phones, see www.gsmarena.com
Next stop, should you get Blackberry or Nokia smartphone? Meet me next week for that.
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