Phone Advice

1. “My daughter insists that her phone be Wifi capable? What does this mean? Why does she need it?”
wi means wireless and fi means frequnecy,therefore this concludes to the fact that WIFI means she can access the internet anywhere, anytime. There are certain wireless devices she can access the net through. She could go on Facebook, Twitter and other web pages due to WIFI capable. She needs it because of
tele communications which are 3G network or she can go though home internet which are called hotspots/ wifi internet.


2.The mother says “She wants the camera in the phone to be at least 5 Meg thingys, what does this mean? Does she need it?”

Well it is 5 mega pixels and this the maximum resolution the camera can offer. A mega pixel is tiny pixels that make up your photograph. If she wants to take, high resolution pictures then a 5 megapixel camera on a smart phone will be efficent.

3.“My daughter wants a phone with a capacitive touch screen. They seem more expensive, what advantages do they offer over other types of touch screens?”
There are 2 major categories of touchscreen displays capacitive touchscreens and resistive touchscreens. Capacitive touchscreen displays rely on the electrical properties of the human body to detect when and where on a display the user touching. Because of this, capacitive displays can be controlled with very light touches of a finger and generally cannot be used with a mechanical stylus or a gloved hand. Examples of devices with capacitive touchscreens are the  iPhone and the T-Mobile G1. On the other hand Resistive touchscreen displays are composed of multiple layers that are separated by thin spaces. Therefore needs lots of pressure applied to them.

The advantages of capacitive touchscreens over others are that:
there is an ease of use.
many things can be achieved with a touch of a finger.

4.“Are all phone as smart as one another? What is the smartest phone at the moment and why?”
No not all phones are smart phones, practically a smart phone consists of touch screen and app stores which also can connect to the internet.  The smartest phone at the moment would be the iphone 4 this is because of its advanced feature, its ability to function and ease of use.

5.“She wants to take lots of video and photos. How do I know which phone can store the most videos and photos?”
Most phones usually have a removable micro or mini SD card and usually comes with 2 GB memory but you can always purchase extra memory at an affordable price. But when buying phones like the iphone you cannot buy extra memory. The more memory you have the more images and videos you can take.

6.“She says she wants to be able to buys apps. What are apps? What sort of useful apps cold she access? What types of phones can buy and use apps?”
   Apps which is an abbreviation for application is a piece of software. It can run on the Internet, on your computer, or on your phone or other electronic device. There are many productive applications such as Evernote which is an excellent organisation tool there are also may other organisational and educational apps as well as fun apps avaliable such as making your own restaurant or playing air hockey some are free and others cost money. If you buy an andrioid phone you will get a brilliant app market  then there is the OVI app store this one is moderatley good but the best of the best is the apple app store. So there are many phones that allow you to use applications.