For a modern person it is very important that the device bought by him maximally realizes his needs: communication, Internet access, data processing, camera, navigator, etc. These requirements are met by tablets , smartphones and communicators, which have become very fashionable, due to their multifunctionality. In our time, the development of information technology and the desire to combine several functions in one device, has led to the fact that some popular gadgets can hardly be distinguished from each other. So, without having a certain knowledge, at first glance it is very difficult to find the difference between a smartphone and a communicator.
In this article, we will determine the difference between a smartphone and a communicator.
Smartphone and communicator - functions
In order to understand what makes a smartphone different from a communicator, it is necessary to determine exactly which, simpler devices, they have occurred.
A smartphone is an advanced mobile phone with some computer functions. It is also called "Smart Phone".
A communicator is a small personal computer that can call, thanks to the built-in GSM / GPRS modem.
Communicator and smartphone - differences
Very similar devices at the same time have a number of differences:
1. External differences between the smartphone and the communicator can be found by paying attention to the keyboard and the screen of the device.
Keyboard
In the smartphone, the main keypad is digital, changing only as needed into the alphabetic one. The communicator has a conventional virtual layout of letters for printing on a touch screen or a QWERTY keyboard (leaving below). This is done because on the communicator are installed among others and text programs, which work more conveniently on such a keyboard.
Screen
Since the main function of the communicator work in programs and the Internet, it has a large touch screen than the smartphone, and it often uses a stylus (computer handle) to enter data. But gradually the size of the screens for smartphones increases, and for communicators - decreases, so soon by this criterion they will be difficult to discern.
Also note that because of the different screens when working in a smartphone you can use only one hand, and when working with a communicator, both are almost always involved.
2. Internal differences are in the main technical characteristics (memory, processor) and in the use of different operating systems.
Specifications
Since the main task of the smartphone, like all phones, is to provide communication (calls and sms), then the manufacturers install the processor much weaker and less RAM than the communicator. But in smartphones there is the possibility of increasing the memory size by installing additional memory cards.
OS
Smartphones can use different operating systems: Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Android, GNU / Linux or Linux, which have insufficient number of necessary programs for full work on it, as on a computer. And in the communicator more often
The differences between a communicator and a smartphone are so minimal and easily changeable that very soon they will not be noticeable.
Knowing exactly what the difference is, it will be easier to determine what is better to buy a smartphone or communicator. It will depend on your main goal: to be constantly in touch or have a compact computer.