Phones like the Blackberry and iPhone as well as the Android based smart phones rely heavily on mobile data networks and an internet connection for their information. Therefore without this access, these smart phones are almost brought to a standstill, meaning that they would not be able to operate as they are designed to operate. The latest batch of Tablet computers available on the market today also rely on these same mobile data networks, and internet access nodes that have been set up by many leading mobile network operators.
Today the internet has truly gone mobile and more people are taking their internet experiences on the road. Having all of our information rest on what is now termed the Cloud, alleviating the demands on our local hard drives as our content grows heavier. The upside is that you are able to access your personal files no matter where you are, as well as keep them safe should your computer malfunction or be lost. However it also means that we rely on these access channels like a costly 3G, 4G or wifi packages and tighter security. The concept is not new in anyway, it just took time for the technology to catchup. How many people know that the RIM Blackberry was one of the first smart phones developed to take advantage of the internet? Microsoft Windows based mobile phones were available for some time, but they found it challenging to be able to compete with the robust network that Blackberry had begun setting up. The smart phone concept saw a great leap forward with the introduction of the Apple iPhone touch phone. The iPhone uses a combination of touch screen technology a long with a vibrant app store with millions of applications to choose from to provide a truly ergonomic user friendly experience. The iPhone has also raised the bar on the sheer volume of data that smart phone users have come to demand of their devices. Apple took this a step forward with its iPad series tablet computers. The tablet concept has also long been indevelopment, but again it had to bide its time while the technology caught up to the idea. The iPhone's advances in touch technology as well as its redefinition to what such a product could do, helped the evolution and rebirth of the large tablet computer market that we are witnessing today. Again all of these devices are based around access to data networks, they rely heavily on the faster information transfer speeds that the new LTE and 4G networks are promising. With an increase in the number of gadgets we possess like a touch phone or tablet computer we now have the need to be able to sync them all together, by using the Cloud, and a stable high speed data network.With the success of Apple's first generation iPad demonstrating a market for tablet computer, most Mobile Phones, software providers and computer manufactures raced to create their own touch screen devices. RIM creator of the Blackberry introduced the Playbook geared toward the business set, as well as offering their own BlackBerry Videos codex to store and play clips on it's Tablet. Other companies like Google and Microsoft are rushing to develop touch screen mobile operating systems, and Lenovo, Nokia, HTC , and an army of others working on the Hardware aspects of touch phones, and tablet computers. The touch phone, tablet revolution is upon us with great advances yet to come in the not to distant future.
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