A communicator is a device that combines the functions of a pocket personal computer and a mobile phone. These devices are commonly referred to as smartphones. Currently, PDAs are almost never produced, because most communicators have all the identical functions.
Instructions
Step 1
Most communicators are equipped with a specific operating system that allows you to develop new applications for it and implement them. Mobile phones, in turn, are endowed with an operating system that only certain companies can create software for. Installing new applications in your communicator can greatly expand the capabilities of this device.
Step 2
Communicators are a kind of organizer capable of performing most of the tasks that a personal computer can handle. Nowadays it is very difficult to tell the difference between a communicator and a smartphone. The classification is usually carried out according to the following principle: if a certain device is a continuation of the PDA series, then this is a communicator. And if the predecessors of the device are mobile phones, then the manufacturer calls it a smartphone. There are practically no functional differences between this communicator and a smartphone.
Step 3
The most popular operating systems used in communicators are Windows Mobile and Android. Communicators are usually equipped with a touch screen. But this does not prevent manufacturers from creating models with a full keyboard, which makes these devices even more convenient and attractive.
Step 4
The first communicators differed from the PDA only in the presence of the GSM module. This has driven up the price of the device while reducing battery life. Initially, communicators were only equipped with a touch screen. These devices had relatively low power and limited functionality. Some companies develop their own operating systems without allowing third-party products to be deployed in them. An ardent example of such a communicator is the iPhone from Apple.
Step 5
Currently, users are almost equally divided into supporters of Apple products and fans of the open Android platform.
