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Meaning of Smartphone:

A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. Smartphones and feature phones may be thought of as handheld computers integrated with a mobile telephone, but while most feature phones are able to run applications based on platforms such as Java ME, a smartphone allows the user to run and multitask applications that are native to the underlying hardware. Smartphones run complete operating system software providing a platform for application developers. Thus, they combine the functions of a camera phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA).

According to an Olswang report in early 2011, smartphones are experiencing accelerating rates of adoption: 22% of UK consumers already have a smartphone, with this percentage rising to 31% amongst 24-35 year olds.

Growth in demand for advanced mobile devices boasting powerful processors, abundant memory, larger screens, and open operating systems has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market for several years. According to a study by ComScore, over 45.5 million people in the United States owned smartphones in 2010 out of 234 million total subscribers.Despite the large increase in smartphone sales in the last few years, smartphone shipments only make up 20% of total handset shipments, as of the first half of 2010. In March 2011 Berg Insight reported data that showed global smartphone shipments increased 74% from 2009 to 2010.

(url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone)


Ball State study shows college students' smartphone usage rising

College students are getting smart when it comes to the use of techonolgy in their cell phones. A study conducted by associate professor of journalism Micheal Hanley showed the number of students who had purchased a smartphone doubled in the last two years.

The study was made by conducting 11 surveys every six months since 2005 that included 5,500 Ball State University students. The percentage of students with a smartphone rose from 27 percent in February 2009 to 49 percent this year.
"The use of smartphones by college students has nearly doubled in one year, and along with it comes heavier internet use and an increased desire to use mobile commerce like coupons and incentives," Hanley said in a statement. "In nearly all mobile content categories, smart phone ownership is driving increased consumption and usage of mobile technologies."

The study also shows:

— The use of cell phones is almost universal on campus, with 99.8 percent of students having a cell phone.

— Almost nine in 10 students with smartphones access the internet from the device, versus less than half with a feature phone.

— Text messaging has overtaken e-mail and instant messaging (IM) as the main form of communication, with 97 percent of students sending/receiving text messages as compared to 30 percent for e-mail and 25 percent with IM.

— Cell phone camera usage has soared, with 97 percent of smart phone owners taking and sending photographs while 87 percent take and send video.

Hanley said the fact that the number of smart phone users doubles in a year, but that comparing the growth of users among college students with the growth among adults.

"They have become the early adopters of mobile technology," he said.

(url: http://www.bsudailynews.com/ball-state-study-shows-college-students-smartphone-usage-rising-1.2275899)

Question
1. Talk about your cellphones.
    - Do you have your smart phone or plan to buy it?
2. Why did you buy your smartphone? Or why do you want to buy the smartphones?
3. What is the advantage and disadvantage of using the smartphones in your college life?
    (Please prepare both sides of opinions.)

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