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Smartphone platforms are Series 60 (by Nokia) and Windows Mobile for Smartphone
(by Microsoft).
2.4.2 Mobile computers
Among the wide varieties of mobile computers that exists, laptops, notebooks, or tablets
PCs are noticeably the most common. In the early 1990s is the emergent of the palmtop
with Palm Pilot (Goldstuck, 2005). Then come the development of PDAs that
incorporates such applications as appointment calendar, address book for recording
contacts and a text editor. PDAs in the past were different from Smartphone, but this
has changed seeing that both have become merged. This means that any PDAs marketed
devices is similar to any market Smartphone devices (Goldstuck, 2005).
2.4.3 Other Mobile Devices
There are many other mobile and wireless devices ranging from handheld music
players, digital cameras, security cameras, DVD, web pad (only screen-no keyboard)
and converged devices (Goldstuck, 2005). These devices are used in wide range of
applications.
Another mobile device that has gained popularity is the Apple iPhone. It is a three-in-
one device that combines a phone, an iPod, and an internet device with email and
internet access. There have been already experiments with the use of such devices for
education purposes in future.
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