SmartPhone

SmartPhones are mobile devices possessing advanced communications capabilities, which may include any number of (but are not limited to):

• Media Player
• Audio Playback
• Advanced Audio functions (tuning instruments, high quality sound recording, editing, etc...)
• High Quality Digital Speakers
• Video Playback
• High Resolution Screen (540p+, 1080p, 1080i, etc... possibly with vertical or horizontal orientation)
• Mobile Television (over-the-air, digital or on-demand)
• Mobile Web Browsing (support for JavaScript, CSS, HTML, xHTML and/or HTML5)
• File System
• File Converters
• File Downloads
• File Uploads
• MMS (Multimedia Mail System)
• SNS (connecting to Social Networking Sites... could be synonymous with Web Browsing)
• SMS, IM, Push notifications & other Text Messaging
• Email
• Video Games (possibly including online and multiplayer gaming support)
• Mobile Commerce
• RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
• Micropayments
• Digital Camera
• Digital Video Camera
• Real-Time Image Editor or basic editing suite
• Office Applications (Spreadsheets, Email Management, WYSIYG editor or Word Processor, etc...)
• Touch-screen Interface
• Flexible or Wearable Screen
• Transitions & Animations
• Gesture Recognition
• Accelerometer
• Gravimeter
• Magnometer/Gyroscrope (compass)
• Thermometer
• GPS / LBS / Geo-location
• Microphone/background noise sensor (possibly with background noise cancellation capabilities for calls)
• Media Streaming (RTSP, RTMP, HTTP, Progressive Download, etc)
• External/Flash Memory Slot
• Bluetooth (Infrared) port
• USB port
• HDMI input/output
• Voice Commands
• Voice Recognition
• Realtime Oral Translations
• Projector (or in several years, Holograph simulator)
• Virtual Keyboard projection
• Infrared Output (Remote/Universal Controller functionality)
• Laser Pointer
• Augmented Reality
• Application store

Resources

• IDC -- SmartPhone (OS) Market Share: http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os
• Global market share held by leading smartphone vendors from 4th quarter 2009 to 1st quarter 2018: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/

Tutorials

• How Are Cell Phones Different From Smartphones?: https://www.lifewire.com/cell-phones-vs-smartphones-577507
• Forget Voice Control, Automation Is the Real Smarthome Superpower: https://www.howtogeek.com/359273/forget-voice-control-automation-is-the-real-smarthome-superpower/

External Links

• wikipedia: SmartPhone
• Blackberry World Edition (8830): http://www.bell8830worldedition.ca/flash.aspx?lang=en
• Bell Canada sales page for Blackberry 8830: http://businessonthego1.com/english/wp_blackberry_bb8330.asp
• Apple iPhone smartphone market share surges - RIM slips: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apple-iphone-smartphone-market-share-surges-rim-slips/34181?tag=nl.e539
• As smartphone adoption accelerates, mobile app revenue keeps pace: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/as-smartphone-adoption-accelerates-mobile-app-revenue-keeps-pace/53279
• Third of adults 'use smartphone' says Ofcom report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14397101
• John McAfee tripped up by the smartphone Geo-Location: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/john-mcafee-tripped-up-by-the-smartphone/8766
• Unauthorized unlocking of smartphones becomes illegal Saturday: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57565730-1/unauthorized-unlocking-of-smartphones-becomes-illegal-saturday/
• Distracted smartphone 'addicts' at greater risk of mishap - See more at: http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/distracted-smartphone-addicts-at-greater-risk-of-mishaps
• Meet Google's secret weapon for fighting Apple and Microsoft: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57417863-94/meet-googles-secret-weapon-for-fighting-apple-and-microsoft/
• Is that smartphone protection program worth it?: http://www.zdnet.com/is-that-smartphone-protection-program-worth-it-7000017235/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539
• Why I'm using my smartphone less and less every day: http://www.zdnet.com/why-im-using-my-smartphone-less-and-less-every-day-7000019082/
• Will Japanese Smartphones Survive?: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/06/will-japanese-smartphones-survive/
• Distracted smartphone users hit by flood of safety warnings: http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/distracted-smartphone-users-hit-by-flood-of-safety-warnings
• The cycle of resistance to change in Japan: http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/01/05/the-cycle-of-re.html (and how it hurt the once-mighty technology industry)
• 27 Powerful Images That Sum up How Smartphones Are Ruining Our Lives: http://blazepress.com/2015/05/27-powerful-images-that-sum-up-how-smartphones-are-ruining-our-lives/
• Smartphone displays need a bezel. Here's why: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Smartphone-displays-need-a-bezel.-Heres-why_id27670 (bezel is to SmartPhone design what frames are to photographs)
• Following flops, modular smartphones must pick up the pieces: http://www.zdnet.com/article/following-flops-modular-smartphones-must-pick-up-the-pieces/
• Behind the Fall and Rise of China's Xiaomi: https://www.wired.com/story/behind-the-fall-and-rise-of-china-xiaomi/
• Pocket slot machines — Smartphone apps turn users into addicts, says Google study: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/02/pocket-slot-machines-smartphone-apps-turn-users-addicts-says/
• In Search of Lost Screen Time: https://www.nytim: es.com/2018/12/31/opinion/smartphones-screen-time.html
• Most Desired Smartphone Features - Battery Life, Storage, Camera Quality: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/342872/most-desired-smartphone-features-battery-life-77.html
• Decade in review - What the smartphone has wrought: https://japantoday.com/category/tech/decade-in-review-what-the-smartphone-has-wrought?
• Use of smartphones wasting more kids' time, wrecking their brains, says doctor: https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/use-of-smartphones-wasting-more-kids%27-time-wrecking-their-brains-says-doctor
• How Much Radiation is Emitted by Popular Smartphones?: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/radiation-emissions-of-popular-smartphones/

See Also

Mobile Phone | Mobile Device | Cellphone