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Smartphones

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Today I would like to share my experiences of using smartphone.

What is smartphone actually?

Smartphones are high end cellphones that are most basically distinguished from traditional ones due to its more advanced features.

The earliest smartphones combine the feature of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and camera.

You can perform outgoing calls and receive incoming calls, send and receive messages and take pictures with this kind of smartphones.

But as time passes by, developers continuously adapt to the needs of the users and integrate the latest technologies to these smartphones so other functions can be done as well.

For example :

Samsung Galaxy Note

Before I using smartphone, I use a telephone which is not too smart.

I tough it is necessary to use the phone as I just want to use it for making calls and messages with friends.

Besides, I am not affordable to buy a new phone where there are expensive.

However, after I finished my SPM, I am working as a part-time waiter at a restaurant near by my house. Started from the first month I working there, I saved a part of my money income in bank.

After three month working there, I manage to collect RM 1200.00

With that money, I spend to buy my needs and also a smartphone from Plaza Low Yat, Jalan Bukit Bintang.

The only reason why I bought that smartphone is I want to further my study, so I am looking at a telephone that have a camera and can be a life companion for me.

i Phone:

But what makes these smartphones smart?

The primary reason why it is called that way is because it enables users to do a lot of things with it. Smartphones are smart because of the operating system (OS) it carries.

What are these operating systems?

These are a series of programs managing computer hardware and software resources to provide specific services. It is the core, the brain, and the most important part of a computer or any other device such as smartphones. No user can run any application without the presence of an operating system. An operating system makes computers and smartphones work.

The most common smartphone operating systems are Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone, Nokia’s Symbian, RIM’s BlackBerry OS, and Linux. The operating system with the highest market share to date is the Symbian with 51%. But this OS is forecasted to be taken over by another operating system in due time. Nowadays, sales figures in application stores show a change of OS preference.

Apple App Store, Blackberry App World, Nokia Ovi Store, and Google Android Market ranks accordingly. Users now prefer more advanced operating systems, exploring the complicated yet amazing features that such OS have.

Due to the increase of smart phone and tablet users, apps are now being sought after, thus you can have various types of applications built either of ecommerce, games and location based.

What can users do with their smart-phones?

 Make task or to-do lists

 Monitor appointments and set reminders

 Save contact information

 Use the built-in calculator for simple math

 Send or receive e-mail

 Play games

 Get information (news, entertainment, stock quotes) from the Internet

 Watch TV

 Send and receive text messages

 Integrate other devices such as PDAs, MP3 players and GPS receivers

 Take pictures

 Record voice messages

 Record videos

 Transfer and receive files using Bluetooth, GPRS or other forms of technology

With the above-mentioned things that one can do with his smartphone, it is no wonder that conventional or traditional cellphones that only have the calling and text messaging capabilities have now been drastically replaced by continually-evolving and improving smartphones. But unlike the earliest days when smartphones were first introduced in the market, these kinds of phones are not only becoming more user friendly but budget friendly as well. Even the average-income earner can now have a wide array of smartphone choices that he or she can afford within his or her budget limits. Various brands like Samsung, Nokia, iPhone, Blackberry and others come in updated models, styles and operating systems.

Other examples of smartphone :