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1.      What Is a Smartphone?

A smartphone is a combination of standard PDA and mobile phone. A mobile phone is a communication device which is connected to a wireless communication network by means of radio waves. Most mobile phones supply voice communications, SMS and MMS services. A PDA (Individual Digital Assistant) on the other hand, is a handheld device that gives services like computing and internet attributes. Traditionally PDAs had been not providing telephone or fax services.In the starting, mobile phones had been utilised mainly for creating calls and PDAs employed as private, portable organizers.

Smartphones enable users to store data, e-mail, and install programs and creating calls all in a single device. A smartphone's characteristics are ordinarily extra oriented towards mobile telephone possibilities than the PDA-like functions. There is no industry regular defining a smartphone.

2.     History of smartphone

The very first smartphone known as Simon was created by IBM in 1992 and it contained a calendar, address book, globe clock, calculator, e mail and games, which was deemed innovative through that period. The Nokia communicator, and are some of the preferred smartphones introduced for the duration of the last two decades. Android, a cross platform and favorite Open Source for smartphones, backed by Google was released in 2008.

3.     Capabilities of a smartphone

Operating technique: A smartphone will be based on an operating technique that allows it to run diverse applications. A smartphone operating method enables the owners to use multiple applications at the same time. A user can check the phonebook in his smartphone whilst taking a call. Similarly he can make a call when watching a video devoid of interrupting the media player application. Furthermore, smartphones can be synchronized with other devices like a personal personal computer or laptop. Some of the well known operating systems are Android, iOS, Windows Telephone 7, Symbian S60, Meego, Blackberry OS 6. and Bada.