SMART PHONE Offering the convenience of one-handed operation, a smart phone is an Internet-enabled phone that usually also provides PDA capabilities. In addition to basic phone capabilities, a smart phone allows you to send and receive e-mail messages and access the Web — usually for an additional fee. Most mod¬els have color screens and many also function as a portable media player and include built-in cameras so that you can share photos or videos with others as soon as you capture the image (Figure 1-21).
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smart phones and PDAs continue a trend of offering similar functions, it is becoming increas-ingly difficult to differentiate between the two devices. This trend, known as convergence, has led manufacturers to refer to PDAs and smart phones simply as handhelds. Some factors that affect a consumer's purchasing decision include the device's size, screen size, and capabilities of available software.
SMART PHONE Offering the convenience of one-handed operation, a smart phone is an Internet-enabled phone that usually also provides PDA capabilities. In addition to basic phone capabilities, a smart phone allows you to send and receive e-mail messages and access the Web — usually for an additional fee. Most mod¬els have color screens and many also function as a portable media player and include built-in cameras so that you can share photos or videos with others as soon as you capture the image (Figure 1-21).
As smart phones and PDAs continue a trend of offering similar functions, it is becoming increas-ingly difficult to differentiate between the two devices. This trend, known as convergence, has led manufacturers to refer to PDAs and smart phones simply as handhelds. Some factors that affect a consumer's purchasing decision include the device's size, screen size, and capabilities of available software.
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