Smart Phones 101

- Non-smart phone - works as your contact organizer and a traditional phone.
- Smart phone - a merge between PDA's and non-smart phones.

Operating System choices:

- Windows Mobile = version 6 launched in February 2007. [ex. Motorola Q]
- Palm - which runs on Teros. [ex. Palm Treo 680]
- Symbian - evolved from EPOC, the OS formerly found on handhelds from Psion. [ex. Nokia E-Series]

- BlackBerry - examples Blackberry 8800 and Blackberry 8100.

Telecommuncation Technology

- CDMA:


- Code Division Multiple Access
- Data plans:


- 1xRTT = One Times Radio Transmission Technology.
- Ev-DO = Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data Only.


- CDMA doesn't use cards, so changing handsets means a tech support call with your cellular carrier or some allow customers to change out handsets by logging into the carriers website.


- GSM:

- General Standard for Mobile
- Data plans:


- GPRS = General Packet Radio Service.
- EDGE = Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.


- GSM phones use SIM cards, so changing handsets is as simple as moving the SIM card.

- The older GSM network is being replaced with the more US-friendly CDMA technology.
- 3G = third generation network.
- For reviews on mobile phones visit Mobile Burn.
- Windows CE is a version of the OS designed to run on portable devices and consumer electronics.
- The Palm OS is currently maintained by the company PalmSource, Inc.
- PDA:

- Personal Digital Assistant.
- help orgranize your life by keeping your contacts, appointments, calendar, and more.

- A lawsuit by Pilot Pen Corp forced Palm to rename them Palm Connected Organizers.
- Handspring was actually founded by ex-employees of Palm.
- Don't get your arm stuck: http://www.tinyurl.com/63twk.

- Other PDA's include:

- Sharp Zaurus
- Compaq iPaq
- Apple Newton