I was starting to think that everyone had forgotten this! Unfortunately the term "smartphone" is being used a lot less accurately these days. I would say that it is due to Apple's marketing towards a less tech-savvy audience (it just works). This audience is more prone to calling it a smartphone simply because it has the internet and a touchscreen (which I don't need to point out existed in the mobile arena long before the iphone)
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isnt the iphone NOT a smart phone ???/
I totally agree. So do others.
http://smartdreaming.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-smartphone.html
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/
http://www.bbhub.com/2007/01/26/analysts-think-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/
Exactly what I was thinking?? How is the iPhone a smart phone? It's not a PDA.
THANK YOU!
I was starting to think that everyone had forgotten this! Unfortunately the term "smartphone" is being used a lot less accurately these days. I would say that it is due to Apple's marketing towards a less tech-savvy audience (it just works). This audience is more prone to calling it a smartphone simply because it has the internet and a touchscreen (which I don't need to point out existed in the mobile arena long before the iphone)