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10 New Facts About the Anatomy of a Smart Phone
Thursday, July 7, 2011 18:24
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Smart phones are proliferating throughout the mobile market and innovations seem to be coming out on a daily basis. They’ve come a long way from the first smart phones, which were little more than a combination cell phone/PDA. Let’s have a look at 10 new facts about the anatomy of a smart phone.
- Dual-SIM phones – In contrast to the traditional SIM card-equipped phone, dual-SIM phones are essentially two phones in one. The more recent dual-SIM phones allow for both SIM cards to used simultaneously, therefore allowing the phone to serve two separate functions at the same time. As an example, a dual-SIM phone can act as both a business and a personal phone, with separate numbers and address books.
- NFC (Near-Field Communications) – A technology that permits the transmission of data such as credit card information, coupons or transit pass info between devices that are within several inches of one another. This facilitates the use of smart phones for making purchases, entering train stations, etc.
- Blackberry Balance – Blackberry has enjoyed a strong presence in the corporate world for a while now, due to its focus on business apps and features such as integrated email, calendar and planner. Now they’re about to introduce a “balance” feature with their OS 7 launch which will allow users to separate their smart phone’s business and personal content.
- 2GHz Dual-Core Processor – Samsung is about to up the ante on the fastest available processor in smart phones (currently 1.2GHz) with the early 2012 introduction of an Exynos 2GHz chip.
- Google Wallet – A so-called ‘wave-and-pay” app that promises to make cash a thing of the past. With Google Wallet, users will be able to make purchases with just a wave of their smart phones.
- Android Security Risk – Droid owners face a security risk when using Google Calendar, Contacts and Picasa. In version 2.3.3 Droids or earlier, the authentication tokens needed to stay logged in to these apps for up to 2 weeks at a time are sent in plain text rather than encrypted. Hackers can steal login info and gain access to the user’s contacts, photos or calendar events.
- Lockitron – Mobile users will soon be able to lock and unlock their doors with their smart phones, thanks to this new technology. It will allow temporary unlock codes to be given to, say, the cleaning lady or a guest.
- Russian Co. cracks Apple iOS – Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and other devices use 256-bit encryption, which was recently cracked by Russian security firm Elcomsoft. The toolkit they used will be made available to law enforcement and intelligence agencies as well as forensic services.
- Curved Glass Display for iPhone 5 – According to DigiTimes, Apple has purchased glass cutting machines to give the upcoming iPhone 5 a curved glass cover. The look will be similar to the Samsung Nexus S or iPod Nano.
- Paper Phones – A joint effort between Arizona State University and Queen’s University in Canada has given birth to a flexible paper phone. Constructed of bendable printed circuits, the phones can be programmed to perform specific functions by bending the ‘paper’ in different locations.
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Story by Selena Routh
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