The Rise Smartphone

Since its explosion in popularity, cell phones have become increasingly sophisticated and rich in resources, the resources to supplement or even replace, other devices such as media players, digital cameras and PDAs. At the forefront of this technological advancement in smartphone, a device that blurs the line between a mobile phone and a PDA.

Smartphone: Changing Definitions

By definition, a smartphone is a mobile phone that incorporates a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). A smartphone, while being able to share many of these characteristics, it is still essentially a device "voice-centric" while a PDA is, by nature, "data-centric." Instead of a device that replaces the other PDAs and smartphones often developed in collaboration with the PDA to take several aspects and voice-centric smartphones, PDAs, including limited resources.

Most modern smartphones include Internet access and e-mail, scheduling or PIM software, contact management, and the ability to read (and sometimes compose) document formats such as Word, Excel and PDF. As cell phone technology continues to develop, many features previously isolated to smartphones become common in mobile phones midrange. As such, the definition of which is precisely the "smart phone" is constantly changing.

Prices and services for various smartphones will naturally vary by carrier. If you have a Verizon smartphone, for example, based Blackberry Voice & Data Bundle Select Verizon Wireless offers 450 minutes of talk time with unlimited nights and weekends and use of virtually unlimited Internet data (web browsing, -mail and messaging and instant) for $ 79.99 per month. On the other hand, a good courier Smartphone Mobile Connect Cingular, which is offered separately from its basic voice services, offers unlimited use of data in its coverage area for $ 34.99 per month. Most popular smartphones

Although not as diverse as standard cell phones, smartphones are available in a variety of styles and capabilities. The Blackberry 8800, for example, almost all customers have come to expect from a smartphone: a full QWERTY keyboard, Internet and email, document viewing, a music player and integrated media, and built-in capability GPS. (For users who need a digital camera, a Blackberry Pearl or the new Blackberry Curve are excellent choices.)

For the user who is truly passionate about multimedia, ultra-thin Cingular Blackjack is one of the smartphones available video intensive, featuring a rich media player and Cingular Video. Music service Cingular Blackjack supports multiple online music stores, as well as XM satellite radio, making it an ideal choice for the user who wants a smartphone and a powerful media player in one convenient package.

Apple iPhone promises to raise the bar even more, not only with a camera, media player, text messaging, web browsing, and wireless connectivity, but a touchscreen interface and virtual keyboard that promises to bring a new level of functionality for users with distinctive style and feel of Apple design.

While many cell phone users will be happier with the characteristics of an average cell phone, smartphones have much to offer to people who want or need to access the internet, email and multimedia away home or office. While the price of a smartphone is often much higher than a cell phone midrange, a smartphone can be a very economical choice compared to the cost of all the devices, it can effectively replace.