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MODULE 14: Smartphones app tester and SD card
installation procedure

LESSON 127 - 129 : Smartphones CUM app tester

Objectives

At the end of this lesson you shall be able to:
• define smart phone
• state various uses of smartphones.

Smartphones cum app tester

Phones used to be all about making calls, but now your mobile can do so much more. The range of new
touchscreen smartphones allows you to access the internet, use social media, get live news updates, play music
and video, and much more. They almost universally use touchscreens for control, however, which can be a
challenge for people new to the technology.
Smartphone
OVERVIEW In the past, mobile phones were mostly about making phone calls. They had a number pad, a digital
phone book and a pick-up/hang-up button and not much more. Now smartphones offer so much more – they’re
really fully-fledged computers that you can fit in your pocket. They can run programs and games, access the
internet, send email and much more. Nearly all smartphones now use touchscreen controls. Instead of having
hardware buttons like before, one side of the phone is taken up mostly by a touchscreen that you control using
taps and gestures. There aren’t even any number buttons; when you want to make a call, a number pad will pop
up on the touchscreen. Becoming familiar with a smartphone can take a little bit of practice. But when you do
become familiar with it, you’ll find that a smartphone can do more than you ever thought possible on a mobile
phone.
A brief history of smartphones :
The first smartphones, the IBM Simon and Nokia Communicator 9000 were released way back in 1994 and
1996 respectively, and integrated the features of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA) for
managing calendars and contacts. Both were much larger than regular phones. It wasn’t until 2000 that the first
real smartphone, the Ericsson R380, was released. It wasn’t any larger than a regular phone, and in the early
2000s many others followed suit, with phones like the Palm and BlackBerry achieving big success. In 2007, Apple
released the iPhone, which eschewed hardware buttons for full touchscreen control and has been the template
for smartphones ever since
A smartphone can:
Make voice calls (of course!)
Make video calls
Access the internet and browse the web
Take photos, and upload them to the web

Navigate with GPS if the phone has GPS built-in
Play back music and video stored on the phone (and connect to a PC to copy media to it)
Manage your contacts and appointments
Send emails

Play in-built games
Run new applications and games downloaded for the internet.

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