Smart Phone: High Function, Fast Connection to the Internet

Oita Godo Newspaper (morning edition on September 14, 2009)

The new innovation of several types of Smart Phone has achieved the high functions of mobile phone in this generation including easy access to the Internet, keyboard for supporting long message typing, etc. This kind of mobile phones is getting more and more popularity among businessmen since it helps them manage their online schedules, write and send business emails fast and conveniently, or anything else which was more convenient on the PC in the past.

In July, NTT Docomo introduced "HT-03A" with OS software using Google. Apart from website searching function, videos from YouTube can be easily watched. Many necessary files (e.g. texts, statistics) and programs can be downloaded from the Internet. This phone costs approximately 20,000 yen.

Softbank released new series of iPhone "3GS" in June. The battery's life has been developed to be longer, and the process of showing website has been improved to be faster compared with the previous series. Further than movie taking and editing, new function called "Voice Control" is installed to control voice recording, audio playing, calling voice adjustment, etc. for higher satisfaction in entertainment. 32-gigabyte iPhone is 23,000 yen with 24-month contract.

KDDI (au) get started its first smart phone with "E30HT" using Microsoft OS "Windows" making it is more familiar to use, type, and send emails. Besides, a physical keyboard attached is very useful to type a long paragraph within short time. 36,000 yen is needed to possess this smart phone.

Comment: The world of technology is growing and will never stop. I have just owned a 8G iPhone since there is an inexpensive campaign and my older mobile phone was broken. However, I still need to learn to use it a lot.

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand