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A Smartphone lets you receive and make telephone calls  They are really mobile telephones with a great deal of added functionality. You get advanced features such are email, pager, internet access and fax. It is the modern internet technology that powers them. These devices operate much like a mini computer and are often called a portable digital device.

A normal mobile phone is limited in comparison to a smartphone.  The latter are much faster at doing things and have far greater functionality. You can get organised with one of these gadgets.   Contact lists, automatic reminders and an electronic diary all help and create a personal organiser for you. It’s great to be able to look up contacts, edit your diary, review your calendar and take notes on the move. You have all the information you need right there at your fingertips. And there is much more, too.  You can look up weather reports and see the news.  You can watch video, film and even TV.  A smartphone can act as a GPS map and give you directions to a destination.

Designed to make life simpler and easier, smartphones are seen as a crucial part of today’s flexible and fast moving lifestyle. Hence their popularity.  There are lots of us who will happily pay good money for a gadget like this. Think of them as being a cross between a mini-computer and your mobile phone. The old style mobile phones were simply a way of making and receiving telephone calls. But with the new generation of phones you get a smart, clear and colourful screen that is touch sensitive.  There are a wide range of software applications available, some free ones, too.

You even get access to a camera and a video! This makes these devices a powerful addition to the business person as well as a great tool for social networking. You are not limited to short emails like the old mobile phones. Entire documents are easily handled. The limitations on sending and receiving data are far less than previously.

Different people will want to buy a different type of smartphone so it is worth doing some research first. Check out the various functions and compare them to a list of things that you want to do with your new device.

All of thise clever peices of software are all very well but they could make it difficult to chose the right phone if you are not careful so imagine what you want the device to do for you.  Will you need access to the internet a lot?  If so, check out the internet speed.  Want to do a  lot photography?  Check out a picture or two that has actually been taken by the device that you are considering.  Most shops should let you do that in their store.  Will you really watch films on it?  If no, then you do not need the top of the range screen.

Finally, remember to always keep your new smartphone somewhere safe.  It’s worth getting a decent cover for it, too.

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Samsung recently released their Wave smartphone, largely to showcase Bada, the company’s open mobile platform. The device was well-received by customers and critics, encouraging the company to continue developing product lines featuring Bada. In an effort to reach growing markets such as Russia, Samsung has released Wave 2.

Performing reconnaissance duty in uncharted cellular territory, the Wave 2 does not support 3G networks. It provides instead quad band that supports GPRS/EDGE. The Wave 2 still offers WiFi b/g/n, but there is no Bluetooth v3.0. Instead, there is v2.1, which probably won’t be much of a concern in the areas in which the device will be released. The Wave 2 Pro, companion handset to the Wave 2, has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, while the standard Wave 2 is touch only. The screen is 3.2 inches and TouchWiz is the user interface.

The Wave 2 comes equipped with 80MB of onboard memory and a microSD slot that allows for up to 16GB. Maybe it’s not as much memory as is found on the lighting fast, high priced smartphones on the market, but there is still plenty to keep the Wave 2 from bogging down while performing tasks. It is, after all, a smartphone geared toward social networking. Facebook and Twitter are already installed on the Wave 2 and plenty of other applications can obtained from the Samsung Apps store.

In order to keep the Wave 2 affordable for burgeoning markets, some of the most ancillary features are being left off of the phone. It is still an impressive handset. Granted, DivX and Xvid playback is unavailable, but there is an FM radio, GPS, microUSB, and the microSD slot mentioned before. And keeping true to its reputation as a social networking center, Samsung’s own Social Hub makes an appearance on the Wave 2, combining Facebook, Twitter, IM, and email into one easy feed. Additional software is unnecessary when downloading apps such as games and navigational functions. The Wave 2 can be synched up to a PC for larger files. Cameras are a given on smartphones, and the Wave 2 comes with a 3-megapixel version.

With the Wave still making its rounds, the Samsung Wave 2 is a nice companion intended to penetrate new markets. Not large on the latest bells and whistles, the Wave 2 focuses on affordability and reliability. The Wave series of smartphones has a winner with the Samsung Wave 2.

The Sony Ericsson P990i is a Smartphone for tech savvy consumers and professionals. At the first glance, the P990i looks similar to the P900 as it bears a strong resemblance to earlier handsets in the same series. The wide array of features include text and multimedia messaging, notepad, a voice recorder, a stopwatch, and a full Opera web browser.

To get your emails straight to your phone, the P990 also supports push e-mail for the BlackBerry via the BlackBerry Connect solution; you can also connect via SMTP, IMAP4, and POP3 accounts. The 2 mega pixel camera comes with an autofocus, digital zoom, photo light and the bright TFT screen and video recording provide an excellent imaging experience. With a macro mode, autofocus, flash and a decent range of filters, the handset offers fairly good quality snaps.

The tri-band P990i runs on the much-anticipated Symbian 9.1 Operating System. It is one of the few capable Wi-Fi-capable handsets. For connectivity, Bluetooth, infrared and Wi-fi are all present.

There is an internal memory of 80MB, stereo FM radio with RDS (Radio Data System); and a supplied 64MB Memory Stick PRO Duo. The integrated music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WAV files. You would be pleased with the music player’s interface, particularly with how easy it was to scroll from one song track to the next one. For business users, there is a PDF reader, Quick Office reader and editor for Microsoft word and excel documents. Battery life is impressive with talk time of 9 hours up to 16 days of standby time. Another impressive feature of the handset is that it includes a Task Manager which is designed to allow you both to switch between opened applications and closed applications.

Overall, the Sony Ericsson P990i is an amazing little device with a lot of innovative features.