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Popular Smartphones Models

Smartphones are basically mobile phones with some enhanced facilities similar to PC. Smartphones also run on a specific operating system. Smartphones are gradually replacing ordinary mobile phones. In the past few years prices of smartphones have gone down considerably as a result many customers prefer to buy smart phones instead of ordinary mobile phones. There are many popular smartphones models that include Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Blackberry and so on.

Each of the popular smartphones models have some definite features in terms of operating system as well as functionality. Common features of the popular smartphones models: Most common feature of the smartphones include email functionality. These phones also act as personal organizers. A touch screen and QWERTY keyboard are also present in the smartphones. Camera, D-pad and accelerometer are also offered in the smartphones.

Other features of the popular smartphones models include:

internet browser
secure access to company or organization emails
PDF and MS office are provided so that you can read various documents in these formats
media playing software
navigation software and navigation hardware

All the popular smartphones models have a definite operating system which can be Linux, Symbian, Microsoft Windows, Palm or RIM. The operating systems of the smartphones actually differ from company to company. Some have their own operating system while some use Windows Microsoft OS.

A brief history of Smartphones:

The first smart phone model was Simon of IBM. This phone was launched in 1992. This smart phone used to fave some added functionality from an ordinary cellphone like an address book, calender, note pad, email facility, FAX, games, calculator, and world clock. Touch screen was provided instead of buttons to dial numbers. An on screen keyboard was also there in the phone to type in text messages.

The modern smartphone model was later released by Nokia in 1996. At that time Nokia 9000 was one of the most popular smartphones models available in the market. An improved version of this model was the Nokia 9210. Other popular smartphones models were Ericsson R380. Nokia 7650 and is another popular smartphones model.