The Smart Phone Is A Mobile Phone With Technological Capabilities and Connectivity

The early 90's handheld computers, apart from the pocket calculator, were shunned by the market, except for me, who always wanted a PDA or a PalmPilot. But seriously though, those devices were cool, excepted that they had limited functionality, due to the lack of apps on them. They were good organizer. But lack compatibility with the desktop personal computer.

The only handheld device at that time that gained some amount of traction in the market was the Apple Newton. This was a tablet PC that was developed by the Apple Inc. in 1993 but suffered the same fate as the others, due to hardware problems. If Steve Jobs were there, he would have sorted out those issues. However, he returned to Apple three years later, in 1996, when they purchased neXT from him.

Steve Jobs returned to Silicon Valley was to mark a new resurgence in the way the world looked at handheld devices. But first, He had to resuscitate the flagging Apple brand. And by extension, Apple's Inc. from the brink of collapsed to one of the most successful and cash rich companies in Silicon Valley.

Steve Jobs first creation, when he returned to Apple Inc., was the iPod, which was a portable media layer that came out in 2001. Back then, the first iPod could not be classified as a handheld computer but iPod line, such as the iTouch could be classified as a handheld computer. This was due to its multiple functionality and compatibility with other computer devices.

Smartphone

The smart phone is a mobile phone with an advance technological capabilities and connectivity than an ordinary mobile phone. These phones come with PDA and media player capabilities, along with built in camera, touch screen, web browsing functionality and GPS navigation and mobile broadband access.

Apple Inc. was able to corner the market with its iPhone that was launched in 2007 by Steve Jobs. It is popular phone in the market, due to its extra feature, such as video camera, visual voicemail, virtual keyboard and both 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. Many other smart phones on the market are doing well, such as blackberry, with a little setback in its functionality, have done well in the past and no doubt will continue to do well the future. Google's Android, Samsung Galaxy and Sony Ericsson are holding their own in the smart phone market.