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Rob Pegoraro over at the Washington Post offers the following criteria to help us determine what features a smartphone really must contain to call themselves “smart”:
- Should display a normal Web page
- Easily synchronize your contacts and calendars
- Make it simple to add or remove a wide range of add-on programs
- Serve as a media player
- Not require a stylus
- Include a usable miniaturized keyboard
Mr Pegoraro goes a bit further and states that the only phones that hit all the marks here would be the iPhone and Android devices—stating that Windows Mobile phones “suffer from subpar Web browser, an understocked program catalogue and a cramped interface that often defies fingertip control”. Also slammed was the RIM’s BlackBerry for “an even worse browser, a clumsy App World program catalogue and an awkwardly stapled-together set of sync utilities.”
Interesting, Mr Pegoraro, when referring to Android phones states that “until third-party sync software ships, you have to be okay with Google storing your calendars and contacts, and using an Android device with iTunes can be tricky.”
I’m not taking sides here but it sounds like syncing with the Android phone is
sub-standard and we have heard enough about the Android Market. I’d venture to
say all the devices mentioned by Mr Pegoraro are “smart” but just require some
work in regards to their interfaces. For me, a smart phone does not quite need
to cover all of Mr. Pegoraro’s criteria. I mean, what do I care if it requires
a stylus? It’s just an extension of your finger when you get down to it. Not the
best interface and a capacitive touchscreen would just indicate a “smarter”
phone in my book.
Sound off on this one and let us know what you think makes a smartphone smart.
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