6. A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers
more advanced computing ability and
connectivity than a contemporary basic
'feature...
7. Not all phones a phone cant get on the internet
or download apps, it is not considered a
smartphone.
8. It's been three years since Apple brought the
smartphone to a mass consumer market, but
smartphones have actually been around in one
form or another since 1993.
9. The introduction of Apple's App Store for the
iPhone and iPod Touch in July 2008
popularized manufacturer-hosted online
distribution for third-party applications
focused on a single platform. Before
this, smartphone application distribution was
largely dependent on third-party sources
providing applications for multiple
platforms, such as
GetJar, Handango, Handmark, PocketGear, an
d others.
10. The first cellular phone to incorporate PDA features was an
IBM prototype developed in 1992 and demonstrated that
year at the COMDEX computer industry trade show. A
refined version of the product was marketed to consumers
on 16 August 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon
Personal Communicator. The Simon was the first device that
can be properly referred to as a "smartphone", even though
that term was not yet coined.[5][14] In addition to its ability
to make and receive cellular phone calls, Simon was also
able to send and receive facsimiles, e-mails and pages
through its touch screen display. Simon included many
applications including an address
book, calendar, appointment scheduler, calculator, world
time clock, games, electronic note pad, handwritten
annotations and standard and predictive touchscreen
keyboards
11. The IBM Simon Personal Communicator was a
handheld, touchscreen cellular phone and PDA designed
and engineered by International Business Machines Inc.
(IBM) and assembled under contract by Mitsubishi Electric
Corp. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed the Simon
Personal Communicator in the United States between
August, 1994 and February, 1995, selling 50,000 units. The
Simon Personal Communicator was the first cellular phone
to include telephone and PDA features in one device.
Although the term "smartphone" had not been coined at the
time of the Simon's release, because of its features and
capabilities, the Simon can be referred to as the first
smartphone, though some lower end cell phones today have
more capabilities and aren't referred to as "smartphones".
12. Symbian is a mobile operating system designed
for smartphones originally developed by Psion
and later passed to and managed by Symbian
Ltd. but currently maintained by Accenture.
The Symbian platform is the successor to
Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60. The latest
version, Symbian^3, was officially released in
Q4 2010 and first used in the Nokia N8.
