What Is A Smartphone?
Traditional telephones used to always have a cord and you couldn’t go anywhere with them. Isn’t it amazing that nowdays we can have phone communication with us nearly everywhere, in such a small compact package as a cell phone? Now cell phones have evolved into powerful devices called Smartphones. Do you know all of the amazing things that these Smartphones can do today?
Cell phones originally were used for talking. Isn’t that profound? People wanted to be able to call and be called when they were not at home. They were so thrilled to just talk to people where ever they were. That’s all they used a cell phone for, just to talk. That was great! They were happy, we think.
Then somebody out there with a genius of an idea, decided to add the ability to send text messages to others. Why would you want that when you could talk to someone? Well, people did want it. Texting, as it is called, flourished in situations where a person did not want to talk out loud, or had a short message to convey. Now business people, students and others are texting like crazy. Students are asking their parents for more ability to text. The plans they have put a limit on the amount of texting, but teenagers and others want more. Now communication happens quietly while in class or in a meeting, or on the go. Some may just send a text message saying, “Call me,” and the receiver can call at their next opportunity. There are even polls on TV where they will take a poll merely by telling viewers to send a text message with their vote to a specific number.
In the 90′s phones started coming out with personal organizers and alarm clocks to help people organize their schedules. Now you could have your phone and calender right with you. Check your calender, make a call. A person’s phone became even more important. Not only could they call, but it would remind them of meetings, appointments and even help them wake up at the right time in the morning.
Recently phones have expanded these uses and become packed with all kinds of powerful capabilities. The new phones still actually have the ability to call. (Yes, we might wonder if they still call after all these fancy additions.) Sending text messages is still included in these phones as well as the personal organizer. Now they can do all kinds of additional things to such an extent that they are called Smartphones.
Smartphones have the ability to connect to the Internet. This will allow users to browse the web on their cell phone. With a Smartphone you can actually see regular web pages on a your phone, not just the pages simplified for mobile phones. Not only web browsing is possible, but you can listen to streaming music on Internet radio stations, you can check your email, and send replies, and you can watch videos from websites, including the popular YouTube videos. Entertainment at the push of a button…
As if that wasn’t enough, these Smartphones have many other features. A very popular feature is the built-in cameras. People love being able to take a quick picture while out shopping, at the park or the beach, while on the go. The new Smartphones can take high resolution pictures that rival the quality of digital cameras. Smartphones now have higher resolution than the advanced digital cameras of previous years. With the GPS feature, you can find your car in the airport parking lot or at the store, or just find your way to a new restaurant, store or friend’s home. The accelerometer in the Smartphones lets you turn your phone on the side and the display adjusts automatically for side viewing. It also makes for fascinating games that require you to tilt the phone side to side, or up and down to play.
If you are looking for a Smartphone, some of the popular ones are the Google Android phones, iPhones, and Blackberries. The Google Android phones are the newest Smartphones, and are so popular that they have sold more in their first 74 days than the Apple’s iPhone did in its first 74 days. One of the latest Google Android phones is the Samsung Galaxy I7500. In addition to the exciting smartphone features, it comes with a 3.2 inch high quality touchscreen and a 5 Megapixel camera with built in flash and zoom. These are available through Wow Mobile at a discount without any contract required.
So get your Smartphone, take a picture of your child at the park, post it on Facebook, send it to Grandma, get her texted reply, call her to let her chat with your child, and check your schedule before you even leave the park. A Real Estate agent can take a picture of a house, send it to a client, and then give the client a call to let him/her know the picture was sent, while still standing in front of the house. Smartphones, the new cell phones, are making quite a hit. And you can probably see why.