Why we call phone │Smart Phone│
What is smartphone?
Smartphones
are called as "smart” because, they provide information’s right when you
need them and can present them in a more useful way. This is accomplished
through Applications and codes. Their focus
was to provide cellular connectivity between two of these devices to let people
talk with each other wirelessly.
But
to others it was just a feature phone with a cool keyboard and a few other
features. For the sake of argument, let’s say that a smartphone would need to
have not only keyboard function (be that physical or on-screen), but also some
basic “digital assistant” features, too.
Smartphone can also be seen as A mobile phone
that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen
interface, Internet access, and an operating system capable of running
downloaded apps.
With rising technological advancements in consumer technology and wireless technology, manufacturers and companies found new ways to reduce the size of the core electronic components.
E.g With the invention of VLSI design circuits, devices such as CPU were able to cramp up more transistors than before.
What Makes a
Smartphone Smart?
In a nutshell,
smartphone is a handheld personal computer with a mobile operating system and
an integrated mobile broadband cellular network connection for voice, SMS, and
Internet data communication; most, if not all, smartphones also support Wi-Fi.
Smartphones are typically pocket-sized, as opposed to tablet computers, which are
much larger. They are able to run a variety of software components, known as
“apps”. Most basic apps (e.g. event calendar, camera, web browser) come
pre-installed with the system, while others are available for download from
official sources like the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Apps can
receive bug fixes and gain additional functionality through software updates;
similarly, operating systems are able to update. Modern smartphones have a
touchscreen color display with a graphical user interface that covers the front
surface and enables the user to use a virtual keyboard to type and press
onscreen icons to activate "app" features. Mobile payment is now a
common theme amongst most smartphones.
What was the first smartphone produce?
Well, The first commercially available device
that could be properly referred to as a "smartphone" began as a
prototype called "Angler" developed by Frank Canova in 1992 while at
IBM and demonstrated in November of that year at the COMDEX computer industry
trade show. A refined version was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth
under the name Simon Personal Communicator. In addition to placing and
receiving cellular calls, the touch screen-equipped Simon could send and
receive faxes and emails. It included an address book, calendar, appointment
scheduler, calculator, world time clock and notepad, as well as other visionary
mobile applications such as maps, stock reports and news. The term "smart
phone" or "smartphone" was not coined until a year after the
introduction of the Simon, appearing in print as early as 1995, describing
AT&T's PhoneWriter Communicator
Without a
doubt, the Simon was the first smartphone in history, but it would retire
before gaining fame. Ericsson was the first brand to actually coin the phrase
“smartphone”, with the release of its GS88 in 1997. By all accounts, though,
Nokia actually beat Ericcson to the finish line a year earlier with what many
consider to be the quintessential smartphone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator.
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