> A smartphone is a phone whose OS is an identifying characteristic.
> (In other words, where the OS is in the user's face...)
Interesting definition.
However, some people on this list only include OS's which are
heavily marketed to end consumers...
On any phone the OS must be accessible for developers ;)
even if end cosumers don't know the name of the OS.
Gerhard
Joe Bowbeer wrote:
> Great question. It is hard to pin down this term.
>
> Wikipedia says the key feature of a smartphone is that one can install
> additional applications to the device.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
>
> But I don't think all J2ME and BREW phones are smartphones, so perhaps
> the key feature is the ability to install additional "native"
> applications.
>
> My working definition is something like:
>
> A smartphone is a phone whose OS is an identifying characteristic.
> (In other words, where the OS is in the user's face...)
>
> Joe.
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Received on Thu Dec 8 10:14:46 2005