Smart Phone
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Shopping Guide - Smartphones
The phones have changed the way to communicate around the world. After some time it was not enough to be found anywhere, it must have calendar, camera, access to sites and email, software, games and much more: so the smartphone arrived. Another phenomenon noticed about this category is that what was rather a need of a few executives, now dominates the consumer policy which sees this apparatus one more way to always keep updated on developments.
What is the difference between a Smartphone and a mobile phone?
That is one of the questions that gives a lot of work to the staff of products cataloging. This is because for a long time it was called Smartphone any cell phone that had extra functions, such as Internet access, digital camera or MP3 player. Over time these functions are no longer regarded as "extras" but will be in a lot of cell phones market. Today, some of the criteria used to differentiate cell phones of Smartphones is, for example, the alphanumeric keyboard, also called the Qwerty keyboard. Another difference is the wi-fi function which allows Internet access through hot spots, traveling data with greater speed than GPRS or EDGE. Anyway, this is not predictable because everything can change or even to end unifying these two categories in a short time.
Why do many people call Smartphones as BlackBerry?
This is one of those cases of ownership of the trademark name for a category, as well as Gilette, iPod and others. Actually, what happened is that the BlackBerry was one of the first companies to create the Smartphone system with electronic push-mail. The main difference is that in this system, when a new e-mail arrived, the user was immediately warned. In other models of competition, access to new e-mails passed by the process of "Send and Receive", known as pull-mail. For those who was waiting for an important e-mail, to have to check the mailbox at any moment was a great nuisance, while the BlackBerry models used to warn when an email arrived. Thus, the BlackBerry used to have a good slice of the market for some time and is known as the name of the category.
What is the maximum number of colors that a display of Smartphone can have?
The simplest one have 65 thousand colors. Much of the equipment is 262 thousand colors, but some models reach to 16 million colors.
How is the internet access charged in a Smartphone?
Everything will depend on its operator company and what technology you want to use. For access data by GPRS or EDGE, the charge is made by the amount of data transferred, as happens in any phone. If you have available in your Smartphone the wi-fi option, then you need a provider which could make this charge for a monthly or at time of connected use.
What is the memory card?
All phones need some memory to store data such as names and phone numbers, appointments in the calendar, photos, games, the phone rings ... Finally, everything that is inserted into the cell phone including its operating system, need memory to be installed and stored in the phone. Because some devices have gained more and more functions, such as photographic cameras with a resolution up from 1.3 megapixels, MP3 players and PDA, it was essential to find ways to keep all this information. Most new cell works with Micro SD memory cards or Memory Stick, with capacities ranging from 128MB to 4GB. The only limitation is that some appliances, such as L7 of Motorola for example, has limited its expansion to only 512 MB. In other words, even if you buy a card for 2GB of memory, it can not be fully used. Another limitation is that some players of music are limited to a certain number of files. So, even if you can compress music and have enough memory to download 200 songs, will be limited to only 100 songs by the software that runs its implementation .
Is there a limit to expansion the memory card?
As it was mentioned in the previous question, some models of mobile do not have limitation. Just buy a card more powerful and their memory is enhanced. In other models, however, there may be limitations on expansion. This means that even if you buy a card for 1GB of same format as its, and the phone does not support this expansion, you have thrown money away. So, before buying cards of greater size, check its manual and the manufacturer's website if such expansion is possible. Be very careful because sometimes that information comes in small letters.
Why the name Bluetooth?
The Viking king Harald Bluetooth unified Norway and Denmark and he was recognized as a great communicator, skilled in bringing together people to talk, but he never would have guessed a thousand years later, that a powerful technology received his name.
