What's the difference between smart phones and ordinary mobile phones?

How to judge whether a mobile phone is a smart phone?

Judging whether a mobile phone is a smart phone depends not on whether it supports MP3, HTML page browsing, external memory card and other functions, but on whether it has an operating system. In other words, it depends on the program expansibility of the operating system and whether it can support the installation and application of third-party software.

What makes it smart?

In short, a smart phone is a device that allows you to make phone calls, and it also adds functions. You may find it is a personal digital assistant or a computer-for example, it can send and receive emails and edit office documents.

However, to truly understand what a smart phone is, we should start from history. At first, there were mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDA). Mobile phones are used for talking-there are not many other functions-while PDA products such as PDA are used as personal and portable notebooks. Pocket PC can store your contact information and to-do list, and can synchronize with your computer.

Finally, PDA products get wireless connection and can send and receive emails. Mobile phones, at the same time, also have the ability to obtain information. Then PDA has the function of mobile phone, and mobile phone adds more functions like PDA (even computer, etc. The result is a smart phone. [Edit this paragraph] What operating systems do smartphones have?

Windows as an operating system:

Representative brand of smart phone: dopod

PPC stands for brands: dopod, Coolpad, ASUS,

WinCE stands for brands: Meizu and Amoi (some models)

Use Mac OS as the operating system:

Mac OS stands for brand: Iphone.

Using Linux as the operating system:

Symbian stands for brand: Nokia

Representative brand of Linux: Motorola (some models)

Palm stands for brand: Benmai

Android stands for brand: HTC G 1,

BlackBerry OS stands for brand: the function of BlackBerry[ edit this paragraph] smart phone.

Broadly speaking, smart phones have most functions of PDA, especially personal information management, browser based on wireless data communication, GPS and email. Smart phones provide users with enough screen size and bandwidth, which is not only convenient to carry around, but also provides a broad stage for software operation and content services. Many value-added services can be introduced in this respect, such as: stock, news, weather, transportation, goods, application download, music and picture download, etc. With the support of 3G communication network, the development trend of smart phone is bound to become a powerful comprehensive personal handheld terminal device integrating call, short message, network access and film and television entertainment.

Smart phone function

Although there is no standard industry definition of "smart", we think it will help to point out the smart phone we define here and the mobile phone we think. Here we look at the characteristics:

Operating system: Generally speaking, smart phones are based on an operating system and can run programs. Blackberry smartphones run the BlackBerry operating system, while other devices run Palm OS or Windows Mobile. There are also smart phones whose operating systems are simplified versions of Linux desktops.

Software: Almost all mobile phones include some form of software (for example, the most basic model includes an address book or some form of contact assistant), and smart phones will be able to do more work. It allows you to create and edit Microsoft Office documents, or at least view files. It may allow you to download applications such as personal and corporate financial assistants. Or, it allows you to edit photos, plan driving directions through GPS and create a digital music player.

Web access: More smartphones can access websites at a faster speed, connect to 3G data networks, and increase support for Wi-Fi. However, not all smartphones provide high-speed Internet access, but they all provide some form of access. You can use your mobile phone to browse your favorite websites.

QWERTY Keyboard: According to our definition, smart phones include QWERTY keyboards. They will be on your computer's keyboard-not the alphanumeric keyboard at the top in alphabetical order, where you must use the number 1 to enter the keyboard with a, b or c. The keyboard can be hardware (physical keyboard) or software (such as touch screen, such as iPhone).

Information: All mobile phones can send and receive short messages. In addition to processing emails, smartphones can also synchronize your personal-and sometimes even your professional-email accounts. Some mobile phones can support multiple email accounts. Others include: using popular instant messaging services, such as QQ, MSN, AOL's AIM and Yahoo! Yes.

These are just some functions, but now, through their characteristics, we can judge whether a mobile phone is a smart phone or an ordinary mobile phone. Smartphones and mobile phone technologies are constantly changing, and the composition of today's smartphones may change next week, next month or next year. Stay tuned! [Edit this paragraph] Functions of smart phones

1, which has all the functions of an ordinary mobile phone, and can be used for normal mobile phone applications such as calling and texting.

2. Have wireless Internet access capability, that is, support GPRS under GSM network or CDMA 1X or 3G network under CDMA network.

3. It has the functions of PDA, including PIM (Personal Information Management), schedule, task arrangement, multimedia application and web browsing.

4. Have an open operating system. On this operating system platform, more applications can be installed, so that the functions of smart phones can be expanded infinitely.

5. It has a humanized side, and can expand the functions of the machine according to individual needs.

6. Powerful, extensible and supported by third-party software.

Disadvantages: the price is generally high, the usability is poor, and novices need to adapt slowly. The author is also a person who knows computers very well. When I first got my smartphone, I was at a loss. After a long study, I can master how to install those eye-catching applications one by one. It is conceivable that for those friends who are not familiar with computers and mobile phones, it is impossible to play a smart phone without taking some time to study it. After all, today's smart phone is like a miniature personal computer.

In fact, the poor usability of smart phones is mainly in the mobile phone interface. Ordinary mobile phones use very humanized 9-core and 12-core interfaces, which is convenient for users to get started. This is the difference between smart phones. However, the S60 interface of Nokia mobile phone is quite user-friendly, and even the interface of Windows Mobile, which is not very easy to use, is gradually improving. What really restricts users' consumption is the price, which is generally much higher than that of non-smart phones. [Edit this paragraph] The classification of smart phones

The birth of smart phone is the evolution of Pocket PC. The earliest PDA didn't have the call function of mobile phone. However, with the increasing dependence of users on PDA's personal information processing function, users are not used to carrying mobile phones and PPC at any time, so manufacturers transplant PDA's system to mobile phones, and the concept of smart phones appears.

Since the birth of smart phone is related to PDA, its operating system will certainly be related to PDA. At present, smart phone systems mainly include Symbian, WindowsMobile, Pocket PC, Palm and Linux. However, unlike Palm and Windows CE competing for hegemony on PDA operating system, Symbian has taken the lead in smartphone operating system, and Nokia basically adopts Symbian operating system.

Symbian:Symbian is very similar to the combination of Windows and Linux. It has a good interface, adopts the technology of separating the kernel from the interface, has low hardware requirements, and supports C++, VB and J2ME. Good compatibility. At present, the Symbian system is very mature after the promotion of Nokia. From Series 60 to S80, S90 and UIQ. It should be noted that not all Symbian systems are intelligent systems, such as the early S40 system, which does not belong to the smart phone system.

Representative models: Nokia N73, N78, N95, E90, N8 1, N70, E50, N82, N93 and many other models.

Smartphone: The smartphone operating system launched by Microsoft on 200 1. It has the blood of windows, and has a very strong synchronization and outstanding entertainment function with the desktop. The disadvantage is that the hardware requirements are relatively high, and the system is often unstable because of insufficient memory.

Representative models: 5X5 series such as dopod 5 15, 535, 565, 575 and 585; Motorola MPX200, MPX220

PocketPC: As an extension of Windows CE, a PDA-specific system, the introduction of WM system shows that Microsoft attaches importance to the smartphone operating system market. WM system has many inherent advantages, such as powerful built-in software, WORD and EXCEL. Namely MSN MESSENGER, OUTLOOK, MediaPlay, etc. It is difficult for similar software on other systems to be so perfectly unified. Due to the extremely high hardware requirements and high price, the power consumption is still relatively large. Like SP system, its stability is poor.

Representative models: dopod S 1, P800, Amoi, Lenovo.

Palm: This system doesn't require much hardware, so it can be well controlled in price and consumes little power. The biggest advantage of PALM system is that it appeared earlier and has independent experience on Palm PDA, so its third-party software is extremely rich, with outstanding functions in business and personal information management, and the system is very stable. Disadvantages are poor entertainment, difficult operation and difficulty for beginners to get started.

Representative models: Treo series smartphones, 680,650, etc.

Linux:Linux has many advantages, such as open source code, low cost of software licensing, rich human resources for application development, and convenient development of personal and industrial applications. Because it started too late, there is no strong software foundation.

Representative models: Motorola A780, A 1200, E2, Philips 968.

IPhone:iPhone is a revolutionary mobile phone, and users can make calls by clicking a name or number. IPhone can be downloaded from PC, Mac(R) or internet service provider (such as Yahoo! Synchronize all your contact information so that you always have a complete list of the latest contact information. In addition, you can set up a favorite phone list for the most frequently dialed phones, and combine these phones to hold a conference call. Adopt Mac OS X system,

Representative model: iPhone

The Development of Global Smartphone Market

According to the research results of Nuosheng, the global sales of smartphones reached 55 million in 2005, 2.6 times that of 2004. In the future, the smart phone market will continue to maintain the momentum of rapid growth, and the shipment volume and the proportion in the mobile phone market will continue to increase.

In the global competition of smartphone operating systems, the Symbian camp represented by Nokia and Sony Ericsson has an absolute advantage. In 2005, eight manufacturers authorized to use Symbian operating system sold 28 million Symbian smartphones, accounting for 52%. The share of Linux camp represented by Motorola ranks second. The advantage of Linux system lies in its low cost and can be customized according to the needs of mobile phone manufacturers. Mobile phones equipped with Linux operating system show a trend of being favored by users in the Asian market. Ranked third is the Microsoft Windows Mobile series. Despite the rapid growth of Windows operating system in the emerging PDA mobile phone market with the cooperation of Intel, mobile phone manufacturers and operators are still very cautious because of the strong control of Microsoft operating system on software and user interface.

With the development of domestic small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers, the black mobile phone market continues to expand, and some manufacturers begin to enter the field of smart phones. Because the technical architecture of windows Mobile is relatively simple, most shanzhai smartphones use windows Mobile system, which is called shanzhai PPC.

Market situation of smart phones

The smart phone market in China is developing well, but the growth rate is relatively slow. The competition among major operating systems will be more prominent, and the popularity of smart phones will be gradually promoted by the alliance camp.

Brand distribution: Nokia has the highest brand influence and the highest single product competitiveness, but it needs to face Apple as a potential rival.

Product structure: 3G mobile phone has the greatest development potential, and the contribution value of single product in market attention is higher than that of GPS mobile phone and music mobile phone. Although the number of music mobile phones is rich and well-known, the competitiveness of products is lacking.

The focus of the smart phone market is mainly distributed in the price range of 200 1-3000 yuan, but the most competitive products stay in the middle and high-end market. Moreover, high-end mobile phones with 5 million pixels and above are highly competitive. [Edit this paragraph] Misunderstanding of smart phones

Myth 1: A mobile phone that can input by hand.

Many friends think that mobile phones that can be input by hand are generally smart phones. In fact, there is no direct causal relationship between the two. For example, Duoyi of TCL E859 and E757 has handwriting function. Because there is no operating system, we define them as smart phones. On the contrary, dopod 535, as a smart phone, does not support handwriting function, so we will not regard it as a smart phone! So there is no direct causal relationship between the two.

Myth 2: Built-in feature-rich mobile phone

Is a multi-functional mobile phone a smart phone? The answer is no, for example, the T868 of CECT has many built-in functions and also integrates PIM functions. Do we also regard it as a smart phone? Give a very appropriate example to illustrate this problem. Before 386 and 486 computers were sold in Chinese mainland, a kind of "Little Overlord" learning machine with similar computer functions appeared in the market. I don't know if you have heard of this product, but I have one at home. Because there was little software involved in the computer at that time, the learning software built in the learning machine was basically the same as the computer software, so the difference between them was not very big. However, with the development of computer technology, more and more applications and game software have been developed, and the market of learning machines has gradually shrunk. It is very difficult for the learning machine to keep up with the upgrade of computer software and hardware.

Similarly, although many smartphone manufacturers can provide online software upgrades and other functions, users have few choices. Because software update requires mobile phone manufacturers to spend more energy, in today's mobile phone market, the time to market of new products is the most concerned issue for mobile phone manufacturers.

Conversely, the functions of smart phones must be very rich. Why? Because its own operating system plays a big role in it. Smartphones corresponding to Symbian and Windows CE, Palm and Linux will find quite a lot of free resources on the Internet. What a pleasant thing it is!

Seeing this, I believe everyone has a spectrum of how to distinguish between smart phones and smart phones! But from the price point of view, the price of smart phones is significantly higher than that of smart phones. After all, it is "a penny for a penny." I would like to remind readers who want to buy this type of mobile phone that before buying a mobile phone, they need to think clearly about what type of mobile phone they need, and they must ask clearly when buying, so as not to be confused by what is on the surface of the mobile phone.

Myth 3: Smartphones support 3G.

The so-called 3G, in fact, is the third generation, which means the third generation digital communication in Chinese. 1995, the first generation of digital mobile phones, can only make voice calls; From 1996 to 1997, the second generation of digital mobile phones appeared, adding the function of receiving data, such as receiving mail or web pages; The main difference between the third generation and the first two generations is that the speed of transmitting sound and data has increased. It can handle various media forms, such as images, music and video streams, and provide various information services, including web browsing, teleconference and e-commerce.

3G is only a communication technology standard, and the technology that meets this standard is 3G mobile phone, and whether the mobile phone is smart or not has nothing to do with it [Edit this paragraph] Smart phone development trend 10.

The listing of Apple iPhone has injected a dose of "stimulant" into the smart phone market, and the vigorous promotion of Palm has also made smart phones more and more popular. At present, e-mail may be one of the most important functions for smartphone users, but with the improvement of network connection, the functions of smartphones will become more powerful.

The following are 10 trends in the future development of smart phones:

1. global positioning system (satellite)

At present, GPS function is becoming more and more common. Smartphone manufacturers such as HTC and RIM have launched mobile phone products that support GPS function. Not only can he help users walk from point A to point B, but more importantly, GPS service providers also provide various services.

2. Open source

Open source is a new trend in the development of smart phones. At present, smartphone manufacturers and operators have announced their own open source strategies or products. Not long ago, Google just launched the Android open source mobile platform plan.

3. Battery life

Battery life is an important indicator to measure smart phones. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, color screen and hands-free are all very power-hungry. So in order to prolong the battery life, try to turn off the functions that are not commonly used.

4. Wireless fidelity

Looking for a new Wi-Fi chip, such as Atheros AR6002 series, can effectively reduce energy consumption and prolong battery life.

5. Verify access

At the beginning of this year, T-Mobile launched the Hotspot@Home service, which allows users to make Internet calls through mobile phones, but only supports Wi-Fi calls. In September, RIM launched a smartphone that supports this service. I believe there will be more products listed in the future.

6. Safety

Smart phones are facing various security threats, such as device locking, function locking, encryption, authentication, remote data deletion, firewall, VPN and so on.

7. Multimedia

In order to enhance multimedia applications, smart phones need to balance the functions required by commercial and personal applications.

8. Application

E-mail may be the most important function that smartphone users need, but with the improvement of connectivity, smartphones have more potential functions, such as supporting Web 2.0 services.

9. camera

The camera built into the smartphone is no longer a "chicken rib".

10. Home base station

By the end of 2008, some operators will try to run home base station services, thus improving the coverage of smart phones in homes or offices. [Edit this paragraph] Notes for smart phones

1, virus. Smartphones, like the desktops and notebooks we use every day, are based on an open platform, so it is only a matter of minutes to get infected with the virus. In view of this, it is necessary to back up important information at any time when using smart phones.

2. collapse. Because it is an open operating system with the same nature as desktop WindowsXP, it is common to crash when disturbed by illegal programs. So it is best not to install all kinds of application software at will. In addition, if more software is installed and more files are stored, the data reading and writing speed of the mobile phone will also slow down, which is the same as "crash".

3. Power consumption. The power consumption of CPU, screen and other hardware of smart phone can not be ignored. These hardware are easy to run out of power. In addition, smart phones are increasingly pursuing fashion and thinness, and their small battery capacity is pitiful. There is no solution in this regard, just reminding smartphone users not to play with their phones all the time. [Edit this paragraph] Related smartphone websites (China)

Www.imobile.com.cn mobile home

China CDMA network -cdma.com

Nokia Smart Phone Network

Zhanshanzhai smart mobile phone network

Nokia Smartphone Download Website:/Download

Bird smartphone software/

TOMPDA Intelligent Mobile Network pda.com.cn/

OPDA smart phone network/

Una Smart Phone Network

BWO smart phone network

Nokia Mobile Network [Edit this paragraph ]S60 second edition mobile phone software recommendation

Hello everyone! Today, I recommend several practical classic softwares to beginners, and take fewer detours! Hmm. How interesting

1, intelligent assistant function: Let the phone have a "start" button in the lower left corner like a computer, and restart the phone at will, automatically locking and unlocking. Small disadvantage: it can only be installed on disk C.

2, Chinese pen input method function: When you send a short message with Pinyin, you will find that your mobile phone typing is like the smart Pinyin of a computer, you can spell it at will and remember it intelligently! With the function of searching for business cards, you can spell the desired business cards directly in standby mode, hehe, cool!

3, appmen function: system memory management, generally used by friends who play smart phones, very classic! Who knows who uses it! Ha ha!

4, storm audio and video function: you can play any format of the media player! Super! Needless to say!

5. Daily listening function: Play audio files, such as "MP3", support online search for lyrics and songs, and support Bluetooth transmission!

6. File management software: Fileman is a good file management software.

S60 Software Installation Suggestions

Hello, everyone, I'm not very proficient in S60 software either. Please correct what I said wrong! thank you

In my opinion, some friends like Meng 'an software and think the more software, the better. Actually, it's not like this. Ordinary smartphones (such as Nokia 6600, 6670, 76 10 with low memory) have insufficient memory. If too much software is installed, it will affect the operation. As we all know, the mobile phone memory is used as the running space, so you should take good care of the mobile phone memory first, but a friend told me. That is, the memory card, but if you pay a little attention, you will find that although your software is installed on the E drive, the space of the C drive will be affected first, because all the software you install needs to write the registration form on the C drive, so you must adjust the software to be useful and classic, and don't blindly install it, so as to avoid insufficient memory and trouble in the future! [Edit this paragraph] Smart phone fault handling method

Unable to start or blank screen when encountering problems:

1. Pull out the card and restart. (This step is the way to check whether the problem software is in the memory of the mobile phone or in the memory card. If the card pulling problem is solved, the problem is the software problem on the memory card. )

2. Look at the startup software (such as SMAN, Vibor and other third-party software), and then try to delete these software and restart it. If it doesn't work.

3. Not yet. It's not too late to check ... isn't it? Not a good way to solve problems and learn.

4. It may be that it still doesn't work after the grid machine. You should try to brush the machine.

Suggestion:

1, the software is best installed in SD/MMC card (some must be installed in the machine, there is no way), so as to minimize the chance of black screen. (Because white screens are usually caused by software errors)

2. Don't delete anything in the memory of the mobile phone.

Always make a backup, just in case.

4, cultivate memory, can remember the content that caused the wrong operation last time. [Edit this paragraph] Summary

To sum up, most of the mobile phones in the above five systems are smart phones (but some models use Linux instead of belonging to it). In addition, there are intelligent systems with a relatively small share, which will not be introduced in detail here. There are also some PDA's that support cell phone calling, such as HP65 15. Strictly speaking, they should belong to PDA classification, not smart phones.

In fact, with the rapid development of mobile phone and wireless communication technology, the difference between smart phone, PDA and PPC is not obvious. With the smartphone operating system android developed by BlackBerry, iphone and Google, the definition of smartphone has been updated.

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