Smartphone

A smartphone is generally considered any handheld device that integrates personal information management and mobile phone capabilities in the same device. Often, this includes adding phone functions to already capable PDAs or putting "smart" capabilities, such as PDA functions, into a mobile phone.

The key feature of a smartphone is that one can install additional applications to the device. The applications can be developed by the manufacturer of the handheld device, by the operator or by any other 3rd party software developer.

As of 2004 smartphones are an increasingly large part of the mobile phone market. In a couple years, it is likely that most phones sold will be considered "smart", except for disposable phones.

Most common operating systems are Symbian (developed by a group including Nokia), Windows CE (developed by Microsoft), BREW (technically a platform, developed by Qualcomm), Linux and Palm OS. In an August, 2004 report by In-Stat/MDR, Symbian-based smartphones will dominate over the next 5 years. Microsoft's platform will be second by 2006.

Smartphones in the US tend to be PDAs with phone capabilities while those in Europe and Japan tend to be phones with PDA capabilities. Features tend to include Internet access, email access, scheduling software, built-in camera, contact management, and occasionally the ability to read business documents in a variety of formats such as PDF and Microsoft Office. In the CTIA conference held in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2004, incorporation of television into the smartphone was among the topics discussed.

Opera's "Small-Screen Rendering" is a special way to reformat webpages to fit inside the small screen width, hence eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.


List of smartphones

Symbian OS
Arima U300
BenQ P30
BenQ P31
FOMA F2051
FOMA F2102V
FOMA F880iES
FOMA F900i
FOMA F900iC
FOMA F900iT
Lenovo P930
Motorola A920
Motorola A1000
Motorola A1010
Nokia 3230
Nokia 3620 (GSM 850/1900 successor of the 3650)
Nokia 3650
Nokia 3660 (GSM 900/1800/1900 successor of the 3650)
Nokia 6260
Nokia 6600
Nokia 6620
Nokia 6630
Nokia 6670
Nokia 6680
Nokia 6681
Nokia 6682
Nokia 7610
Nokia 7650
Nokia 7710
Nokia 9210
Nokia 9290
Nokia 9300
Nokia 9500
Nokia N-Gage
Nokia N-Gage QD
Panasonic X700
Panasonic X800
Samsung SGH-D700
Samsung SGH-D710
Samsung SGH-D720
Sendo X
Sendo X2
Siemens SX1
Sony Ericsson P800
Sony Ericsson P900
Sony Ericsson P910i (GSM 900/1800/1900)
Sony Ericsson P910c (GSM 900/1800/1900 for China Mainland)
Sony Ericsson P910a (GSM 850/1800/1900 for North and Latin America )

Palm OS
Handspring Treo 180
Handspring Treo 270
Handspring Treo 300
Kyocera 6035
Kyocera 7135
PalmOne (Handspring) Treo 600
PalmOne Treo 650
PalmOne Tungsten W
Samsung SGH-i500
Samsung SGH-i505
Samsung SPH-i300
Samsung SPH-i330
Samsung SPH-i500
Samsung SPH-i550

Windows CE / Windows Mobile
Audiovox PPC4100
Audiovox PPC6600
Audiovox SMT5600
Compal AR-11
Hitachi G1000
HP h6310
HP h6315
i-mate SP3
i-mate SP3i
MiTAC Mio 8380
MiTAC Mio 8390
Motorola MPx200 (Motorola/Microsoft venture)
Motorola MPx220 (update of the MPx200)
Motorola NEXTEL i930
Orange SPV
Orange E200
Orange C500
O2 xda
O2 xda II
Qtek 2020
Qtek 9090
Qtek 8080
Qtek 8010
Qtek S100
Samsung SCH-i600
Samsung SGH-i700
Siemens SX45
Siemens SX56
Siemens SX66
Sierra Wireless Voq A11
Xplore G99

Linux
The embedded Linux OS for Motorola’s smartphones is currently being developed at the company’s Personal Communication Sector (PCS) in Beijing, China.

Motorola A760 -The first phone to use Linux.
Motorola A780
Motorola E680
E2 E2800
See also List of mobile telephones running Linux


Other
BlackBerry 7100 Series
Motorola E1000
T-Mobile Sidekick
T-Mobile Sidekick II