Claus: could you put this into dictionary form?
"A smart phone is a phone that fulfills the following conditions:
a.
b.
c.
"
if that cannot be done, I suggest to go along with those who
said it's just a meaningless marketing term.
Gerhard
Claus Hoefele wrote:
> 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)
>>
>>The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my employer,
>>not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary.
>>
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