要明白定義智慧型手機(smartphone),那要先了解「功能性手機(Featured Phone)」。在以前的功能性手機上,主要以通話功能為主要導向,其並不具有強大的多媒體能力、網路切入能力,以及最重要的,完整且獨立的作業系統特色(不要懷疑,功能性手機只有作業系統的部份特色,使手機能夠運行而已)。
在智慧型手機,則具有強大的多媒體能力,無縫網路接入、完全且獨立的作業系統特色為主要區別,即使是RIM、Apple家的封閉性系統,依然如此。以下我轉貼部份Wiki的定義說明,請參考。
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A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone.[1][2][3] The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone or camera phone. Today's models also serve to combine the functions of portable media players, low-end compact digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units. Modern smartphones typically also include high-resolution touchscreens, web browsers that can access and properly display standard web pages rather than just mobile-optimized sites, and high-speed data access via Wi-Fi and mobile broadband.
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