A Guide to Smart Phones
What’s the difference between smart phones and cell phones? A cell phone is built primarily to be a phone. Even if the phone has Web access, your ability to access Web content is limited.
Smart phones are full-featured communication tools that give you full Web access, a keyboard for typing messages and the ability to download and send attachments. If you need to stay in touch when you’re not at your desk, a smart phone is the way to do it.
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Smart phones are a hybrid of cell phones and personal data assistants (PDAs) that also include e-mail, Internet access and the ability to sync with your home PC. Smart phones have larger screens than cell phones and most offer either an alphanumeric keyboard or a touch-sensitive screen. Smart phones also offer cameras (some up to 3 megapixels for higher digital picture quality), MP3 players, and multimedia support are now common as smart phone makers try to deliver the most functionality for the price.
Choosing a Smart Phone
Set aside the Internet functions and remember that you need a phone. The size of some smart phones can make them very uncomfortable to use for extended periods. Make sure it fits in your hand, or consider a Bluetooth headset that lets you leave the phone in your pocket.
Smart Phones Articles, Videos & HowTos
Smart phones put the features of the Web at your fingertips in a portable package. But as the line between cell phones and smart phones blurs, you'll need to make sure the features you rely on are included.
When you compare smart phones, you're often comparing apples to oranges. Not all feature sets are the same, so you need to be sure that a given phone does everything you need it to do.
How does a PDA work? PDA technology enables people to carry around volumes of data in their pockets and can even replace your cell phone and GPS.
The strict definition of a handheld computer includes PDAs and smart phones, but not the smallest notebook computers.
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