SUBJECT:

SMART PHONE DEVELOPMENTS & ITS THREATS TO INDIA

What do you mean by smart phone? A smart phone is a device that not just lets you make telephone calls, but also adds in features that you might find on a personal digital assistant (PDA)or a computer-such as the ability to send and receive e-mail and edit Office documents.

Smartphone's run complete operating system software providing a platform for application developers. The first Smartphone was called Simon; it was designed by IBM in 1992. The main idea behind smart phone was to provide email service, rooming free, VoIP, and easy access to internet.

Following are some important features of Smart phones. 1)Information at your fingertips.

2) Never out of touch

3) Better information sharing

4) Faster communication

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORM. 1)Operating systems.

I phone use os known as ios(mac os)

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORM. 1)Operating systems.

Blackberry uses blackberry os Which is devloped by RIM.

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORM. 1)Operating systems.

Androids moblie uses Andriod os which was devloped by google

2)Open source development

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

There are various Smartphone players in india 1) Nokia . 2) RIM(Blackberry). 3)Apple. 4)Motorola. 5)others.

Market share of Smartphone in India.

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) : Is a Research In Motion Limited (RIM) : Is a Canadian telecommunication Canadian and and wireless telecommunication device company best known as wireless the developer of the BlackBerry Smartphone. device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry Smartphone.

RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie. BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of Smartphone handheld devices. The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native support for corporate email, The operating system also supports WAP .

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) : Is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry Smartphone. RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie. BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of Smartphone handheld devices.

The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native support for corporate email, The operating system also supports WAP .

Threat to India form RIM :-

RIM SERVER CANADA

The greatest threat to India from Blackberry is due to its push mail technology. Due to this technology Indian secrete agencies are not able to decrypt the mail send over Blackberry. So if Indian ministry does not allow Black berry to operate in India then RIM is on a risk to loss 1million user in India, and it growing market share in India.

Blackberry may be under threat of losing about 1 millions of users.

Pros and cons of Smartphone

1. Combines PDA and mobile phone functionality in a mobile phone form factor. 2. Plays videos and music files with Windows Media Player Mobile, making it a portable multimediadevice. 1. Limited text-entry capability

2. Smaller, harder to read screen than Pocket PC.

3. Strong support from third-party software developers, especially game/entertainment developers.

4. Variety of accessories, including GPS navigation software and Bluetooth headsets.

3. Nationwide coverage, especially for high-speed data, is really limited to areas with larger population densities.
4. Does not have the same set of builtin applications found on the Pocket PCmost notably, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Mobile are missing.

THANK

YOU.