The Smartphone Revolution
The Smartphone Revolution
The Smartphone Revolution
In present day, we live in a world where it is difficult to imagine our lives without smartphones. But very few of the smartphone users can truly make out how the evolution of this technology happened. Our generation has lived with these devices, for as long as we can remember that even for a 3 year old, a phone with “push” buttons looks like an antique. The question then becomes, how did smartphones come into being? And how smart they really are? It all started with Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone. In 1878 he made the first phone call, It was a revolution in the way of how people were able to communicate. Telephones have not only come a long way since then, but now may one day be completely obsolete. Motorola introduced some of the first cell phones to the public during the 1980s. These cell phones were completely unlike the cell phones of today, since they were not at all compact nor by any means cost effective. Some of these cell phones cost as much as $4,000, and weighed over 2 pounds. Human intelligence has a long and illustrious history. From Greek philosophers to geek programmers, being called a "smart" person is, and always has been, a weighty commendation. It's been six years since Apple brought the smartphone to a mass consumer market, but smartphones have actually been around in one form or another since 1993. The Simon, the first basic smartphone was developed by IBM. According to Brad Reed, the Simon was the first real attempt by the tech industry to create a "Swiss Army Knife" type of phone that incorporated voice and data services into one package, as the device acted as a mobile phone, a PDA and even a fax machine. A smart phone will be based on a particular operating system that allows it to run productivity applications. The different operating systems are Windows Mobile phone OS, Google’s Android, Symbian OS, RIM’s blackberry, Palm’s Web OS and Linux. As
The Smartphone Revolution
In present day, we live in a world where it is difficult to imagine our lives without smartphones. But very few of the smartphone users can truly make out how the evolution of this technology happened. Our generation has lived with these devices, for as long as we can remember that even for a 3 year old, a phone with “push” buttons looks like an antique. The question then becomes, how did smartphones come into being? And how smart they really are? It all started with Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone. In 1878 he made the first phone call, It was a revolution in the way of how people were able to communicate. Telephones have not only come a long way since then, but now may one day be completely obsolete. Motorola introduced some of the first cell phones to the public during the 1980s. These cell phones were completely unlike the cell phones of today, since they were not at all compact nor by any means cost effective. Some of these cell phones cost as much as $4,000, and weighed over 2 pounds. Human intelligence has a long and illustrious history. From Greek philosophers to geek programmers, being called a "smart" person is, and always has been, a weighty commendation. It's been six years since Apple brought the smartphone to a mass consumer market, but smartphones have actually been around in one form or another since 1993. The Simon, the first basic smartphone was developed by IBM. According to Brad Reed, the Simon was the first real attempt by the tech industry to create a "Swiss Army Knife" type of phone that incorporated voice and data services into one package, as the device acted as a mobile phone, a PDA and even a fax machine. A smart phone will be based on a particular operating system that allows it to run productivity applications. The different operating systems are Windows Mobile phone OS, Google’s Android, Symbian OS, RIM’s blackberry, Palm’s Web OS and Linux. As