Monday, September 10, 2007
10 Latest Cell Phone / Smart Phone Technology Advances
Cell phones are growing exceptionally fast both in number and type, and it has become tough to maintain with the technological advances of the cell phone industry. Although we cannot draw a strong line of difference between a cell phone and a smart phone but a smart phone is considered as a next-generation multifunctional cell phone which provides various features like voice communication, text-messaging, data-processing and superior wireless connectivity. New phones with advanced accessories are coming up in the market everyday. Smart Phones can be considered as a combination of a powerful cell phone and a wireless-enabled PDA.
The advanced features transform a simple cell phone into a Smart Phone. Here are a list of the advanced features which come coupled with the cell phones.
Cell Phone Digital Camera
All the modern cell phones comprise of the built-in Camera feature. This enables the users to take clear digital pictures with their handsets, which can viewed, can be sent to family and friends, downloaded to PCs. Currently the standard resolution is 1.3 mega pixel but phones with high resolution built in camera are also found. Some Camera phones are also provided with built-in flash and ability to take self-portraits. Many camera cell phones also allow to capture videos; store, play and send the video clips.
Cell Phone as Music Player
Advanced Cell Phone models allow downloading and playing MP3 music. Different Cell phone models provide different MP3 facilities and even some models only support MP3 ringtones but not MP3 music. iTunes is one of the most admired media player launched by Apple. Nowadays music crazy users can go for Cell Phones with iTunes Player which allows them to download, manage and play digital audio files through their handsets.
GPS Service Support
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and it is a satellite-based technology which allows determining the user’s location. Advanced cell phones are GPS-enabled and this feature allows the user to receive directions through a map generated on the user’s screen and to locate their loved ones (if they have GPS-enabled devices).
Internet in your pocket
Internet has already come onto the Cell phones. Some advanced cell phones provide full HTML browsers. The entire top Search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN are now accessible at all the advanced internet-enabled Cell Phones to the users.
Attachment Viewing and E-Mail
Modern Cell phones are provided with the capability to open and view e-mail attachments in Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. Advanced Cell phones provide the facility to open attachments in Microsoft Office applications
Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Bluetooth is one of the most accepted short-range wireless technologies which allow connecting and transmitting data between devices like cell phones, headsets, laptops, printers etc. Bluetooth-enabled cell phones are provided with different capabilities ranging from simple transmission of signal to a wireless headset, to sending out wireless signals to other Bluetooth-enabled devices and send data.
Cell Phone FM Radio
Cell Phones are equipped with FM-radio capability which allows the Users to set FM radio stations and listen to the radio stations through their headsets. Some phones have the in-built FM-radio facility but some use the headset cord as the antenna to pick radio signals.
Voice-driven menus
A voice-driven control on a Cell phone allows the User to choose the menu by commanding through speech rather than entering the menus through the keypad. This facility acts as a gift for physically-challenged persons and also allows people to keeps their hands free for other activities like driving, typing, etc.
Phone as a Modem
Some advanced Cell phone models are used as modem to connect Computers to the Web. Web-enabled Cell phones which allow digital data transmission can be used to connect the computer to the internet.
PC Synchronization
This feature allows the Users to connect the Cell phone to a PC and synchronize information such as calendar, to-do lists, phonebook entries, messages, files and folders.
The advanced features transform a simple cell phone into a Smart Phone. Here are a list of the advanced features which come coupled with the cell phones.
Cell Phone Digital Camera
All the modern cell phones comprise of the built-in Camera feature. This enables the users to take clear digital pictures with their handsets, which can viewed, can be sent to family and friends, downloaded to PCs. Currently the standard resolution is 1.3 mega pixel but phones with high resolution built in camera are also found. Some Camera phones are also provided with built-in flash and ability to take self-portraits. Many camera cell phones also allow to capture videos; store, play and send the video clips.
Cell Phone as Music Player
Advanced Cell Phone models allow downloading and playing MP3 music. Different Cell phone models provide different MP3 facilities and even some models only support MP3 ringtones but not MP3 music. iTunes is one of the most admired media player launched by Apple. Nowadays music crazy users can go for Cell Phones with iTunes Player which allows them to download, manage and play digital audio files through their handsets.
GPS Service Support
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and it is a satellite-based technology which allows determining the user’s location. Advanced cell phones are GPS-enabled and this feature allows the user to receive directions through a map generated on the user’s screen and to locate their loved ones (if they have GPS-enabled devices).
Internet in your pocket
Internet has already come onto the Cell phones. Some advanced cell phones provide full HTML browsers. The entire top Search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN are now accessible at all the advanced internet-enabled Cell Phones to the users.
Attachment Viewing and E-Mail
Modern Cell phones are provided with the capability to open and view e-mail attachments in Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. Advanced Cell phones provide the facility to open attachments in Microsoft Office applications
Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Bluetooth is one of the most accepted short-range wireless technologies which allow connecting and transmitting data between devices like cell phones, headsets, laptops, printers etc. Bluetooth-enabled cell phones are provided with different capabilities ranging from simple transmission of signal to a wireless headset, to sending out wireless signals to other Bluetooth-enabled devices and send data.
Cell Phone FM Radio
Cell Phones are equipped with FM-radio capability which allows the Users to set FM radio stations and listen to the radio stations through their headsets. Some phones have the in-built FM-radio facility but some use the headset cord as the antenna to pick radio signals.
Voice-driven menus
A voice-driven control on a Cell phone allows the User to choose the menu by commanding through speech rather than entering the menus through the keypad. This facility acts as a gift for physically-challenged persons and also allows people to keeps their hands free for other activities like driving, typing, etc.
Phone as a Modem
Some advanced Cell phone models are used as modem to connect Computers to the Web. Web-enabled Cell phones which allow digital data transmission can be used to connect the computer to the internet.
PC Synchronization
This feature allows the Users to connect the Cell phone to a PC and synchronize information such as calendar, to-do lists, phonebook entries, messages, files and folders.
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