The first feature is an advanced operating system. A mobile operating system is much like what powers your personal computer at home or at work. However, in the mobile world, the software goes by different names. While mobile phones don’t have any operating system, smartphones can run on any of these systems: Windows Mobile, iPhone OS, Google’s Android, Symbian OS, RIM BlackBerry, or Palm’s WebOS.
A smartphone includes a QWERTY keyboard. This means that the keys are laid out the same way they would be on your computer keyboard. The keyboard can be hardware (physical keys you type on) or software (on a touch screen, like the one you’ll find on the iPhone).
The third feature is push email. Smartphones allow you to synchronize the email server on your personal or work PC/laptop with your smartphone. This means that any email you receive from your work email address or personal email addresses, such as Google, Yahoo, etc., can be sent to your phone, giving you access to your emails at any time and anywhere you want. Customers can also access popular instant messaging services such as AOL’s AIM and Yahoo! Delivery courier.
Which phones are smartphones? These phones can provide entertainment. They can also serve as a media device, so your entertainment can go with you. They can store and display pictures and videos of friends and family and even entire feature films. Most smartphones take photos and capture videos, but the most common multimedia feature is the ability to play MP3 files.
And probably the most popular feature is giving customers the ability to download third-party applications (or apps). There are millions of apps on the market targeting all kinds of people. Customers can visit the app store that is hosted on their operating system and download apps. These apps can be anything from business task apps to entertainment games and others you probably wouldn’t even think existed.