Blackberry Reviews

If you haven't heard about smartphones, we want to learn where you have been hiding all of this time. Smartphones happen to be all over the news and odds are, you do understand what they are - known only to you them within different name. Smartphones are cell phones with computer like capabilities.

What's that? Aha! Yes, you haven't only heard of them, you've probably seen them also. Packed with Internet access, email capabilities, address books, far more more, mobile phones have come quite a distance since their first debut. But be careful not to confuse these newest toys with sandbox devices.

Sandbox products are tools which come pre-loaded with such things as calendars, calculators, along with a notepad. What differentiates them from smartphones is the fact that users can also add (download and install) additional programs to smartphones plus they seemingly become mini portable computers for that people who rely on them. That - and also the ability to edit this content that sits in it - is the reason why these phones "smart."

Some of the more popular brand names include the Blackberry, PalmSource, Nokia, and Windows CE. The craze is extending to even some off-brand company names. Today, it's difficult to find a cell phone that doesn't offer some sort of "smart" technology because it's in this high demand. The convenience of having information at our access immediately is phenomenal - so much so that a large number of programmers have jumped on the opportunity to build unique applications specific to these small machines.

Consequently, you can find a lot of games, databases, GPA systems, weather reporting programs, and even small encyclopedias on these things - each accessible not at the click of a mouse - but in a few presses of a free thumb. Obviously a mini keyboard can be obtained for the text-messaging fan or the poor fellow who find it hard to get away from the office. In the latter case, don't be surprised if you find the entire Microsoft Office suite displayed inside a screen no bigger than a matchbook.

Is this a phase? That's highly doubtful. The market for these devices extends from the highly technical and professional all the way to the pre-teen socialite. The product crosses all demographics and thanks to decreasing costs - it sees no economic boundaries too. The Wikipedia encyclopedia claims that "Out of 1 billion camera phones to become shipped in 2008, Smartphones, the higher end from the market with full email support, will represent about 10% of the market or about 100 million units."

But what exactly is it that makes smartphones so appealing? As stated, smartphones provide us with the ability to not just carry our data around with us where ever we go, it also gives us the ability to edit that data any place - any time. In today's "reality" based generation, we're always searching for the opportunity to capture and relive a moment. And we wish to share that moment with other people. At best, smart phones give us the opportunity to express ourselves impromptu with entertaining results.

Attempting to do exactly the same with a bulky desktop computer or laptop is to cumbersome. Even a few of the smallest peripherals (digicams, digital cameras, etc.) don't give us the same opportunities that smart phones do. Being able to carry around a device for communication, creation, recording, and editing simply compliments the need for today's generation to do more and then get it done, faster!