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Smartphones 2015

This document provides an overview of smartphones, including their history, operating systems, importance, uses, advantages, disadvantages, security threats, and future. It discusses how smartphones originated from prototypes in the 1970s-1990s and have increasingly become used for tasks like communication, internet access, apps, and business/education. While smartphones provide many benefits, they also pose security risks like hacking, viruses, and data theft that users must be aware of. The future of smartphones may include flexible screens, holograms, and enhanced reality capabilities.

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contextIntroduction History forerunners Operating systems Importance Uses of smartphones General uses of smartphones Advantages of smartphones Disadvantages of smartphones Security and threats Methods of hacking Continual growth of smartphones Future of smartphones Prevention from hacking Conclusion References
introduction Smartphone: “A Smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone.” • Smartphones becoming order of the day • Human race shifting from physical effort to digital workload
History • Theodore G. Paraskevakos was the first one to introduce combined telephony and computing in 1971 • He introduced concepts of intelligence, data processing and visual display screens into telephones which gave rise to the "Smartphone.“ • Original and historic working models are still in the possession of Paraskevakos
forerunners • First mobile phone to incorporate PDA features was an IBM prototype developed in 1992 • Its refined version was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon Personal Communicator • Simon was the first cellular device that can be properly referred to as a "smartphone", although it wasn't called a smartphone in 1994
•It was also able to send and receive faxes and e-mails •Simon included apps like address book, calendar, appointment scheduler, calculator, world time clock etc. •The term "smart phone" appeared in print in 1995, for describing AT&T's "Phone Writer(TM) Communicator" as a "smart phone".
Operating system These are some famous OS for smartphones. Some of them are now out dated as the most recent OS took over in past several years. • Symbian • Windows Phone • Black Berry • Android • iOS (Apple) • Palm OS • Bada
Importance Smartphones are Handy  efficient  intelligent  elegant Seemed to be more ‘secure’ • According to the surveys since 2010, it is self -evident that more than 50% population of America, China, Europe, India and Middle East has been using smartphones.
Uses of smartphones For students: • Dictionaries are easy access in Smart phones • Access to the internet for research and referencing • The ability to snap a picture of the day’s homework assignment scribbled on a whiteboard or take a short video of a key lecture moment • Recording lectures with Voice Memo and other third-party note-taking apps • Keeping track of schedules and dates • Use of translator to break language barriers • Allow students to check their grades via on-line
Applications: Following are the applications mostly used by students via smartphones Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus Adobe Reader Word Translate Language Anatomy 3D Smart Kid Math Remind
For Businessman • Finding your way: Your phone's GPS can get you to appointments on time, even if you're in a strange city far from home • Access Customer Data: Many CRMs (Customer Relationship Management) allow you to connect from your smartphone and pull out useful data on prospects and customer • Schedule-Keeping: Smart phones have apps that allow you to record not only who and where, but also your notes about the impending appointment • Contacts at your fingertips: A smartphone makes your entire address book available to you at all times. So if you suddenly need to call your former co-worker from the road to provide an introduction to a new prospect, it's not a problem
BUSSINESS Applications: These are the applications mostly used by Businessmen via smartphones Currency Converter Net Bank Contactually Financial Calculator Cash Control
For Medical: • Smartphone will help u in maintaining your weight • With the use of smartphones doctors can have correct information about new medicines and there specifications • Smartphones have apps which can remind the patient to take medicines. • Diabetic patients are blessed with the app Calorie calculator. It will not let there sugar level down.
Medical Applications: Some of the applications used in medical are MedCalc Up To Date Doximity Epocrates
General uses of smartphones: • Instant Messaging • Group Conversation • Video Recording • Voice Recording • Bar Code reader • Online Gaming • Video Chatting • Navigation • On the go Document editing
Communication • Call • Text • E-mail • Video calling • Social Networking
Web Everywhere • Cellular coverage everywhere. • Use of 3G & 4G. • Wireless fidelity. • Streaming high definition movies. • Access of internet everywhere and anytime.
Endless Applications The early twenty-first century brings hundreds of thousands of smartphone apps. Here is a list of top 10 apps of all time. 1-Gmail 9-fruit ninja 2-Angry Birds 10-temple run 3-Chrome browser 4-Facebook 5-Skype 6-Twitter 7-WhatsApp Messenger 8-Adobe Flash Player
WIRELESS SHARING Advantages of smartphones also extend to the field of sharing because now you can share files wirelessly without the need of USB. Apps for wirelessly sharing data are: BLUETOOTH Sharing Airdroid Es file explorer samba
Cost • The biggest disadvantage of a smartphone is its cost compared to standard mobile phones. A smartphone costs considerably more from a feature phone. • Smartphones also require expensive data plans which most standard phones do not. • Internet access is provided at an additional cost, raising the cost of owning a smartphone.
Security • Threats from SMS This term is used to name phishing attempts sent via SMS, and is used to fool victims into giving up personal data. • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Security Risks Free Wi-Fi hotspots always look attractive, but they can prove to be both rife with malware and provided by scammers looking to capture your personal data such as passwords, credit card data.
The Danger of Rogue Apps •There are rogue apps on any platform whether it is android, ios or windows phone. •It’s no surprise that the number of threats for Android has increased over the past few years. EXAMPLE OF FAKE APP: Android.Spyware.GoneSixty.Gen
Typing • keyboard is significantly smaller on the smartphone interface than it is on a computer and characters are packed closely together, all of which limits how fast you can type.
Security and threats  People use smartphones features to have efficiency and save their time and energy  As the trend goes on, people are becoming addicted to there features  People are very casual with their personal data which is a danger to themselves
The features provided by the smartphone companies and their operating systems are not that much secure  They have much vulnerability in them which can be exploited in many different ways  It makes a user unsecure and helpless in this technologically active era
Methods of hacking Following are the various methods used by hackers/attackers to hack into smartphones for their purposes: Snooping: Software's allowing the hacker to access the data of a smartphone without the permission and knowledge of Owner. E.g. Trojans Phishing: It is spam technique. Hacker would try to communicate a User , disguised as someone User may know, and try to get information from him.
Network Spoofing: Attacker can design a rouge network point and the smartphone can try to connect with it automatically. This will give the attacker access to all the User’s traffic Wireless Hacking: Wi fi can be hacked easily and all the incoming and outgoing data can be exploited. Phone Cloning: Not easy to work on, but soft wares are there to provide the cloning process of a phone. Hacker can receive the calls, SMS of a User.
Dodgy Apps: one of the mobile user’s weaknesses: these can gain access to your contact list, phone calls, GPS location, and credit card data, often without notifying you they can also install spyware or malware on your smartphone Bluetooth: Your Bluetooth connection can be hacked to provide access to your phone any time it’s turned on, even when it’s turned on but not in use
Biggest breach To date, the biggest smartphone breach occurred on Google Android phones. Users that downloaded certain wallpaper applications actually opened their phones up to hackers who harvested the phone and voice-mail numbers, as well as data used to disclose a user's physical location. The wallpapers were downloaded more than 1 million times, and information was transmitted to a Chinese Website. In one week, Google had to take down more than 80 such applications to protect its users.
Continual growth of smartphones According to New York times total sales of smartphones will reach 1.2 billion units before the end of the 2014, a 23.1 percent increase over 2013 Android continues to dominate these sales with an estimated market share of 80.2 percent in 2014 Smartphone adoption reflects the trend toward emerging market growth in the wider technology device space
Future of smartphones Flexible Screens: It may soon be the case where smartphones are able provide a large screen to watch and play your favorite movies and games while maintaining a pocket able size. Screens can be folded and unfolded In-Built Projector: It features a built-in DLP (Digital Light Projection) WVGA projector that is able to project future-features-smart-phones at up to 50 inches in size at 15 lumens
3D Screens & Holograms  At present, we have a couple of 3D smartphones in the market, such as the LG Optimus 3D, the Motorola MT810 but next path could possibly be holographic projections These will be a combination of 3D future-features-smart-phones/ and projections from the smartphone Enhance the environment  In future, smartphones will be able to layer the world we perceive through our senses with enhanced informational content: maps, tags, suggestions, even ads, appearing and fading as we walk down the street
Prevention from hacking Be sure to change your phone's remote access PIN Use strong passwords that would be difficult for anyone to guess  Turn off auto-complete so that passwords aren't stored on your phone  Delete your browsing history frequently
Don’t leave your phone unattended in a public place Avoid using unprotected Bluetooth networks and turn off your when you aren’t using it  Use a protected app to store pin numbers and credit cards Avoid accessing important locations such as bank accounts via public Wi- Fi that may not be secure
conclusion Smartphones have a combined influence on people. People are becoming anti-social and because of it people get scammed easily whereas on the other hand these are very helpful in everyway and have made lots of things easier for the human race.
References • www.google.com
Smartphones 2015