Smartphones are cell phones, or moblie phones as they say in the UK, with built in functionality like e-mail, web browsing and so much more.
Believe it or not, today these smartphones have more memory and are more powerful than the desktop computer you used just a few years ago. There are thousands and thousands of software applications that run on these phones that do practically everything. Some mobile entrepreneurs are literally running their entire business on their phones, larger firms have e-mail, calendars, sales order processing, service management and a host of other activities on their employees' smartphone resulting in a boom to productivity.
The first smartphone which was called Simon was built by IBM back in 1992, Nokia entered the market in 1996, but the real game changer was the iPhone by Apple released in June of 2007. It set a whole new standard that every phone manufacturer is now seeking to surpass.
Believe it or not, today these smartphones have more memory and are more powerful than the desktop computer you used just a few years ago. There are thousands and thousands of software applications that run on these phones that do practically everything. Some mobile entrepreneurs are literally running their entire business on their phones, larger firms have e-mail, calendars, sales order processing, service management and a host of other activities on their employees' smartphone resulting in a boom to productivity.
