Technological Advancements Of The Smartphone

The smartphone is defined by the Oxford dictionary as a “phone that is able to perform many functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded application.”

Smartphones are very common everywhere across the world, and can be found in even the remotest of part of the world as long as there is radio frequency connectivity.

A brief history of the development of the smartphone can never be right without mentioning the “inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham in 1878”. The technological advancement of the telephone has come a long way, since then.

“Motorola is credited with the introduction of cellphones to the public in the 1980s. A cellphone is a portable

Smartphones are pocket-sized and is a combination of the features of a cell phone, which can place and receive voice calls, create and receive text messages, plus other extra features like play video movies and games, has a media player, GPS navigation, digital camera, a radio and a video camera. It can access the internet, and can run other downloadable applications.

The “first Smartphone is credited to and developed by IBM and BellSouth, these two companies introduced to the public in 1993 its “Simon” smartphone which had capability for accessing email and send faxes. It was used as enterprise devices and was very expensive”. Since this first appearance on the public scene Smartphones have advanced at a quick pace.

Fast forward to the year beginning in the 2000s smartphone industries has produced different competing “brands like BlackBerrys in 2002, The Palm Treo 600 in 2003, The Apple iPhone in 2007. Goggle introduced the Android operating system in 2007”, which was an open-sourced operating system; and has become very successful and widely used in the smartphone

Lately particularly in Africa, using Ghana as an example, all the mobile phone companies operate a money transaction scheme for saving purpose, payment of electricity and water bill, cable TV fees, school fees, payment of taxi fares and salaries among others.

One popular use of the smartphone is the opportunity it offers for people to interact on social media platforms, it enhances a better way of communicating with people, offers the opportunity to learn new things, easy to use, exposes one on a global scale, offers business development, and opportunity for learning and career