A smartphone is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capabilities than a contemporary basic phone. They are handheld computers embedded within a mobile phone, and allow the user to install and run more applications based on a specific platform.
The growth in demand for advanced mobile devices featuring powerful processors, abundant memory, larger screens and open operating systems has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market for several years.
According to a ComScore study, more than 45.5 million people in the United States owned smartphones in 2010 and it is the fastest growing segment of the mobile phone market, comprising 234 million subscribers in the United States.
Business and market analysis shows that the key factor in revolutionizing markets around the world are innovations that bring cutting edge and inspire passion, commitment and fun for Customers or Subscribers.
As we all know, we are in the information age, and anything that improves information is valuable. Wise investors are now putting their money in shares of the Company that are relative terms with improvised technology and the manufacture of devices that enhance and improve the Information Portal and connectivity.
It is amazing to see how the mobile phone device has transformed and evolved from the normal functions of making and receiving calls, sending and receiving sms to becoming a smartphone with fully loaded features and plug-ins that allow you to browse, sync office emails and create of networks through the social networks available such as facebook, twitter.
The world is changing and technology is accelerating day by day. Even the Holy Bible’s Book of Daniel has an account that predicts this time when knowledge will increase throughout the world. So it’s quite amazing to see how the Globe has been transformed through Smartphone devices.
The first set of smartphones in the 20th century was the Simon designed by IBM in 1992, followed by the Nokia Communicator line Nokia 9000 launched in 1996 and the GS88 from Ericsson. These smartphones had the functions of a calendar, notepad, world clock, email service, open operating system and an expensive personal digital assistant (PDA).
In the 21st century we have seen more improvised innovations that have positioned manufacturing companies as the leading and richest companies in the world today. The beauty is that every day keeps getting better and there is very strong competition between the key innovative companies Apple, Ericsson and RIM (Research in Motion) with all the strategies employed to stay afloat and stay relevant in the markets.
The three companies mentioned above are smart companies because they improvised the smartphone device and have benefited a lot from it, which shows that they lead customers with innovation and not just by responding to their current trends.
Smartphones have now generated unique value in the markets as the youth, not even the elite working class, want to own the smartphone device. This value has catapulted companies like Nokia, Apple, Ericsson and RIM into dominant roles in the technology sector.
In 2000, Ericsson released the R380 touch screen, the first device to use the Symbian operating system. Followed by P800 in 2002, the first smartphone with a camera. Handspring released the Palm OS Treo smartphone in 2002, using a full keyboard that combined wireless web browsing, email, calendar, and organizer with third-party applications.
RIM launched the Blackberry in 2002, LG prada and HTC touch launched in 2007, and Apple introduced the original iPhone in 2009 which has been in high demand. Nokia launched the Nexus One this year with the Android operating system.
Surprisingly, Microsoft has observed the growing trend and sales of Apple and RIM, and has decided to re-launch in the smartphone market with an improvised smartphone innovation device “Microsoft 7”, which is geared to provide other manufacturers such as Apple and RIM. tough competition.
The markets now have a variety of smartphones to choose from, with intriguing cutting-edge technologies and sensational additions and features. This is bringing unusually huge profits for manufacturers with fast-paced revenues.
According to ABI research, emerging markets have seen the availability of more cutting-edge and less expensive smartphones than in recent years in various shapes and brands. It has also brought value to telecom service providers who have explored the opportunities of smartphone offerings by increasing their leverage.
From the Americas, Europe, Asia to Africa, mobile device manufacturers shipped 55 million smartphones during the first quarter of 2010, a remarkable boost in global markets that has obviously engaged all mobile and device companies in thought. high level and supersonic innovation. to really gain relevance in this mind-blowing but lucrative product called “smartphones”.
Whether it is the “Blackberry”, the “iPhone OS 4” or the “Nexus one”, smartphones have revolutionized the markets, and for this century they have emerged as products that have adopted high-level technology and would be qualified as one of the ‘Market changers’ who have also served as ‘social media enablers’, unique in a globalized world.