In my opinion, Nokia S80 phones (e.g. 9300i) or Sony Ericsson's P
series (e.g. P900) qualify as smartphones as their main intention is
to bring PDA functionality to phones. These phones have a large
screen, improved input system (keyboard, touch screen), and PDA like
applications (office, etc.)
I consider Nokia's S60 series and NTT DoCoMo's Symbian and Linux
devices "high-end" phones. Their main intention is to be a phone with
many features. The complexity of today's phones is the reason to use
Symbian and Linux. These OSs provide a more stable and documented
platform to build advanced features than home grown phone systems.
From this perspective it's understandable why some operators forbid to
install native applications on high-end phones. It's just not
necessary for the target market. The average phone user is happy (?!)
with Java, Flash, and Web applications.
Claus
On 12/8/05, Arnold P. Siboro <asiboro@maltech.jp> wrote:
>
> I think it's like trying to define server computer and personal computer.
> In the past there was big difference, but now the two overlaps in many
> areas. So I guess it's rather hard to define smartphone nowadays. Many
> Japanese phones have PIM and other smart features.
>
> I notice that one thing that many Japanese phones, no matter how smart
> they are, lack is the ability for users to install/remove programs. This
> is IMHO the greatest factor that makes FOMA M1000 different from other
> FOMA handsets. In this sense, no au is truly smart, and Vodafone only
> has 702NK (but crippled by Vodafone).
>
> So perhaps a truly smart phones are the ones that let users
> freely install applications, and this is normally possible only with
> Symbian/MS/Linux(?) based smartphones.
>
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:36:56 +0900
> Gerhard Fasol <fasol@eurotechnology.com> wrote:
>
> > One thing I am also puzzled with:
> >
> > What exactly is the dictionary-type/logic definition of
> > a "smartphone"?
> >
> > eg.
> > Definition A:
> > A smartphone is a phone which runs Symbian or MS, but
> > not any other operating system...
> >
> > Defintion B:
> > A smartphone is a phone which contains PIM, desktop
> > applications, picture editing, and the following
> > specific software:
> > ....
> >
> > Definition C:
> > A smartphone is a phone which allows syncinc with a
> > Microsoft Windows PC?
> >
> > Does anybody have a good definition which stands up
> > to discussion?
> >
> > Gerhard
> >
> > Nick May wrote:
> > >
> > ...
> >
>
>
> Arnold P. Siboro (asiboro@maltech.jp)
>
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> not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary.
>
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