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    Smartphone

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    A smartphone (or smart phone) is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability
    and connectivity than basic feature phones.
    Early smartphones typically combined the features of a mobile phone with those of another
    popular consumer device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a media player, a digital
    camera, and/or a GPS navigation unit. Later smartphones include all of those plus the
    features of a touchscreen computer, including web browsing, Wi-Fi, and 3rd-party apps.
    Currently, about 90% of handset sales worldwide are for devices driven by Google's Android
    and Apple's iOS mobile operating systems.

    History
    Early years
    Devices that combined telephony and computing were first conceptualized in 1973, and were
    offered for sale beginning in 1993. The term "smartphone" first appeared in 1997, when
    Ericsson described its GS 88 "Penelope" concept as a Smart Phone.

    Forerunners
    IBM Simon and charging base (1993)
    The first mobile phone to incorporate PDA features was an IBM prototype developed in 1992
    and demonstrated that year at the COMDEX computer industry trade show. A refined version
    of the product was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon
    Personal Communicator. The Simon was the first device that can be properly referred to as a
    "smartphone", even though that term was not yet coined. In addition to its ability to make
    and receive cellular phone calls, Simon was also able to send and receive faxes and e-mails
    through its touch screen display.

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