What makes a phone a smartphone
There’s no denying that mobile phones are consistently developing in terms of technology, features, usability and function. The advancement in mobile phone handsets is so drastic that a whole new breed of phones are on the market, these cutting edge multi-taskers are often referred to as ‘smartphones’. There is no universal rule for handsets to be considered amongst this elite category, but the underlying principle behind a smartphone is that it offers functionality and applications which reside more in the parameters of computers than conventional mobile phones. The origin of the smartphone can be traced back as early as 1992 to IBM’s ‘Simon’ handset. Incredibly for a model of its time, Simon featured a calendar, games, email support, fax capabilities and a touch screen. Although the handset would be more at the entry level end of mobile phones in the modern day, 18 years ago the technology was far beyond that of any competitors. From 1996 the smartphone market was truly established w
