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What is a smartphone actually? Well, we can say for sure that it is smart, it is advanced, it has every possible feature that you can think of, it invaded the market and you see it being used by everyone. But there are several smartphones out there. You can find basic ones that offer touch screens and don’t have operating systems such as Android, Windows or so, they have the proprietary company’s OS. Such an example is Samsung Wave, which runs on Bada. These are designed for entry-level users who are starting to own their first advanced phone and they just want to get the feel of it, without having to a lot of money.

Afterwards, you get the multimedia smartphones, which focus on the camera, media player, and video recording capabilities, have lots of internal storage and so on. And then you have the super advanced headsets, which are packed with more than you need and you surely need to give them some time until you get to know all their features and characteristics. Along the time we have saw a lot of smartphones entering the market and we were surprised on how much they can offer. The iPhone was indeed in top and started the rage of touch screen phones. But even Apple decided to make a change when pulling out the 4 and 4S models, with a change in design and new interface, new version of operating system and so. But it is not only Apple that has captured users’ attention. Samsung also came with its Galaxy S and Android operating system. It is also declared that Android is the best, it provides a very nice interface, lots of menus to scroll up to and to customize, not to mention Android Market, from where you can download thousands of applications and games, both free and paid. And believe it or not, smartphones are starting to have processors and internal RAM memory, so it seems the limit has not been settled yet. What is more, HTC has come with a 3D mobile phone. You don’t need glasses to see 3D pictures and to record 3D videos; you will be able to feast your eyes just like that. Of course the quality is not outstanding, but it is one step towards something new. And also, the 2D quality of the phone is to appreciate.

Among the must-have capabilities of a smartphone we have to include GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a high resolution camera with video recording capabilities, a large and responsive touch screen, accelerometer (to switch the screen orientation from portrait to landscape), microSD card slot and so on. If you are for a treat, you can surely check out some of the best smartphones so far, including iPhone 4S of course, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Nexus, HTC Thunderbolt, Motorola Droid Bionic. These all have the mentioned features. But in case you are looking for a tablet more or less, you can choose Samsung Galaxy Note, which brings a 5” touch screen and a stylus, making it easier to take notes.

To conclude, a smartphone is something ordinary in these times, but perhaps the next technologies we are about to see will not be as ordinary as expected. So far, we can surely get the most on what we are offered.

Smartphones are packed with essentials goodies that will make your days a lot easier and a lot better. These advanced mobile phones are capable of handling multiple tasks; they are able to turn into media players, navigation systems, documents and even in computers. And talking about navigation, all smartphones have GPS, so the next step would be getting GPS smartphone software to enhance the productivity of your mobile phone and to make use of such an important feature. Most of the available applications provide maps, directions, they also provide voice guided directions, satellite views, and they track your mobile phone and so on. Of course, you have to take account of the OS your phone runs on, if Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and so. Depending on this, you will be able to find certain apps available, even though there are some compatible with all.

Let’s start with iPhone GPS applications first of all. AmAze GPS, which comes with a lot of benefits, including free turn by turn voice directions, you can view maps and locations in 2D or 3D, but most importantly, the voice part will be of great help, especially when you are driving. The free version offers all this, but you can buy the full version if you like, but honestly, there is no need to do it. Free GPS is very simple to use, you tag locations and you can enter them in a WP manually. GPS Logbooks is meant for those who fly a plane, as you can share your flight log book with the whole world. Moreover, GPS-R is great for tracking your family for instance and in case they are close to a certain location, the application will tell them if there is something to be done. Such as going to the grocery store and remembering to buy milk and so. GPS Tracker is pretty interesting, but you need to apply for a free code first of all. if let’s say you are lost in the woods, someone can easily find you. The web tracking is very good and the updates are done every few seconds so your loved ones back home can see your location on the map.

Now let’s move to Android GPS applications. Google Maps is on top of the list and it works for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile as well. It provides a lot of useful features that a few can compete with it. You get satellite views, street view, find information about local businesses, get text-based directions and even voice directions if you get an extra service from your carrier. Loopt is useful for sharing location between carrier networks. With Glympse, you can allow T-Mobile to find your location and send it to a family member, friends or even co-workers. When the link is received, a dynamic map is displayed and your location is shown in real-time. And to limit the privacy, your location can be shown for minimum of 15 minutes and maximum 4 hours.

Clever is as the name recalls, clever. Your location is used to adjust the settings on your mobile phone and you can allow your phone to perform some functions when you are in established locations. For instance, when you enter your home, you can set the phone to remind you to charge it and if you are in the theatre or in a business meeting, your phone will automatically be put on silent and so many more actions.

Samsung made quite an impression so far with its wide range of smartphones. The company developed only the best choices and we can only recall with joy Samsung Galaxy S, S II, Infuse 4G and other such models. But the company is making a leap now and combines two aspects: a mobile phone and a tablet. This results in Galaxy Note, which is a huge mobile phone, but a stunning tablet. The Samsung smartphone has stylus, so you can control and make your own draws on the screen. Galaxy Note provides fast performance, a high resolution screen and a gorgeous camera that takes superb pictures. Also, it will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest Android version. If you can’t decide towards a smartphone or a tablet, you can combine the two and have this gadget in your hands. But watch out, if you happen to have smaller hands, typing with one hand is slightly hard to manage.

The touch screen has 5.3”, Gorilla Glass and a pixel resolution of 1280x800. Even though it has such a large size, it feels comfortable when you hold it in your hands, but you will need to take a while to get used to its large size. Below are three physical buttons: the Home screen and two touch sensitive menu and back keys. The camera on the back has 8 megapixels, with LED flash. For now, the smartphone runs on Android Gingerbread and it has its own TouchWiz interface. There are seven home screens, but you can flip to the last page without having to go through all the others. If you want to try an application and see how it works with the stylus, you have already pre-loaded S Memo. Use the S Pen and take notes while you are engaged in other applications; simply hold down the stylus and double tap on the screen. If you do a long tap and hold down the button, a screenshot will be taken. Another interesting fact is the Voice Talk, which is a voice guided assistant that will do a bunch of stuff for you if you tell it. It is available for Samsung Galaxy S II as well. When it comes to connectivity, the smartphone brings high-end features, such as Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, HSPA+ and FM Radio.

Regarding performance, there is nothing to complain about. With the 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 Exynos processor, everything runs fast and this influences the camera quality as well, as there is no shutter lag and autofocus is speedy. Even playing games on the phone turns out to be a thrilling experience, especially as you can get a lot from Android Market and take advantage of such a wide touch screen. But the battery life is another issue to discuss, it lasts for more than two days if you use it generally, this means Facebook navigation, checking e-mail accounts, use Twitter and so on. It seems that Android works very well with the internal performance and with the battery, because it doesn’t drain so fast, especially as we are talking about a 5” screen.

To conclude, call quality is good, even though it feels slightly awkward to hold the screen to your face, as it goes on your face as well. Even the speaker is loud enough to hear your phone ringing in your pocket.

Smartphones are all over the market these days. They come in a large variety, from various manufacturers and with features to impress. Over the time, they were perfected and now they can even be compared to a pocket computer. They can handle everything, including editing and creating Office documents, editing media files, browsing freely on the internet, watching media files and so much more. But as there are so many out there, perhaps you are confused to which is best suitable for your needs, or at least which one offers the best features. To give you that overall look, it is best to compare smartphones and see exactly which one reins on the street.

Let’s take Motorola Droid Bionic, iPhone 4 and HTC Thunderbolt. When you will start seeing the results and compare them yourself, you will notice that the iPhone will be somewhere at your last choice. This is because the other two come with updated features and with something innovative. The iPhone is not far distinctive from its predecessors and somehow a change would be expected. But because the screen resolution is higher on the iPhone and you have the iTunes App Store, from where you can download more than 300.000 applications and games, you will surely pick it in case you are an application fanatic. Android Marketing is growing fast and so far it has around 200.000 applications. Also, the iPhone lacks 4G and some are craving for that speed in networking, all the rest having 4G. But when it comes to the basic features, such as GPS and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, all of them are packed up. If you want to be able to connect your mobile phone to a display or your TV, you can use Motorola Droid Bionic as it provides HDMI output, being among the few that can. The speed in processing is very important and all these smartphones have multitasking abilities, so you can easily manage your multiple tasks, applications and folders. Adobe Flash Player is not available for the iPhone 4, but they all feature voice commands, which is a plus if that matters in a way for you.

Perhaps something worth noticing is that the iPhone comes already in version, you have the 16GB and the 32GB version, as a microSD card slot is not included. So you have to think from the start how much memory you think you will need. Another minus is the battery, which can’t be removed. Motorola allows upgrades up to 32GB and it has already inside 16GB, whereas HTC has a microSD card included of 32GB. Moreover, the camera is very important, because sometimes it is no fun carrying your whole gadget equipment with you and lots prefer to have an all-in-one device. Besides the iPhone 4, which has a 5 megapixels camera, the other two have 8 megapixels, which is definitely a plus. All phones support video resolution of 720p. Among the camera features, all smartphones mentioned have LED flash, auto focus and geo-tagging.

To conclude, the battery life for the iPhone 4 is due at 300 hours in stand-by and with 3G usages at 7 hours; Motorola has a rated stand-by time of 312 hours (8 hours with 3G) and HTC, 372 hours and 6 hours with 3G. Perhaps now you will be able to decide which mobile phone is best suited for your needs.

In order to distinguish which is the best smartphone out there, or at least which is the best one for you, a comparison should be made. You can take the possible phones you want to buy and you can compare their features, including battery life, performance, multimedia, design aspects, screen quality and so on. Once you settled the terms and put everything down, you can clearly see why they are the best, which are their flaws and finally, which one should you pick. Of course, some of the features are personal likes, because perhaps some are more important to you than others. But let’s go through a smartphone comparison right now and let’s see how you can manage one, perhaps with the phones here, or with your own choices.

The phones in the comparison are: HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Devour and Motorola Droid. The features of the Motorola Droid Incredible include the following: 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 operating system, a 3.7” WVGA OLED touch screen, inside you have 8GB of internal memory and the microSD card slot is up for expansion, the camera has 8 megapixels and the battery life is rated at 312 minutes in talk time. You can find the phone at various carriers and depending on the data plan you choose, you will get it cheaper than the unlocked price. Motorola Devour does not provide the same performance than HTC, because the processor is Qualcomm 600 MHz, runs on Android 1.6 and it has MOTOBLUR social networking. But it has a benefit, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, which for messaging fans, this is surely a plus. The touch screen has 3.1” HVGA, the quality is clearly lower, the camera has 3 megapixels and the rated battery life in talk time is 340 minutes. This is a smartphone more suitable for entry-level users, who are just having their first touch screen and can’t simply handle everything just with the use of their fingers. Motorola Droid comes with ARM Cortex A8 550 MHz processor, runs on Android 2.1, the touch screen has 3.7”, so it is somewhere in the middle, 5 megapixels camera, microSD card slot and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The battery life in talk time stands for 385 minutes. The display is beautiful, but the keyboard is not such a great deal. But because HTC Droid Incredible has a better processor, improved camera and lots of internal memory and a very good virtual keyboard, you should consider it better.

But the smartphones that ruled on the market were Motorola Droid Razr, Apple iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. In fact, Motorola Droid Razr even managed to be in top regarding performance, stunning design and gorgeous touch screen. The ratings were even better than the other two models. Motorola has a 4.3” touch screen and 8 megapixels camera. Multimedia features are plentiful and even though it is one slim headset, it feels awkward when you simply hold it in your hands. On the other hand, the iPhone 4S comes with improvements over the camera, updated interface and operating system, but the screen isn’t bigger at all, still 3.5”. Samsung Galaxy Nexus is something different indeed; the touch screen has 4.65” which is incredibly large, but the camera has only 5 megapixels and the battery life does not hold for long either.

So which one will it be for you in the end?