Smart Phone and how does it work in many fields ?

On January 9th, 2007 when Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone model; Google’s Android team, which had been secretly working on a smartphone for two years, were forced to start all over again. – Source

There are more mobile phones than PCs, the ratio  is 5 times.

. IP Code is a rating system that helps understand if a smartphone are waterproof. – Source

More than 4 billion people own mobile phones. But only 3.5 billion use a toothbrush.

African-Americans own smartphones at a rate that is 22% higher than the national average. – Source

Within 3 minutes of delivery, 90% of text messages are read.

. A city in Germany installed traffic lights at ground level to prevent smartphone users causing accidents out of distraction. – Source

More than 80% of adults in U.S. own a mobile phone.

It has been a while since mobile phones have evolved to become multi-functional devices, beyond their original design for voice communication.

What is your monthly mobile phone bill? 142,000 pounds is the highest ever mobile bill by Celina Aarons.

if you stand your smartphone in an empty pint glass it acts like an instant loudspeaker. – Source

They have become increasingly powerful and capable of recording, processing and sharing various types of data (e.g. photographic, audio-video, location).

According to Guinness World Records, Sonim XP3300 Force is recognized as the toughest phone. It survived an 84ft drop without any operational damage.

The potential is has expanded even further with advent of smart-phones and their custom-built applications (apps).

Mobile phone industry is the fastest growing industry in the world.

iPhone 5 Black Diamond is the costliest phone in the world, which costs $15 million. It will take nine weeks to build, made of 135 gram solid gold of 24 carat and the chassis was inlaid with 600 white diamonds.

Long gone are the days where field work was limited to pencil and clip-board, tape measure (and if lucky hand-held GPS devices).

74 % of smartphone users use their mobile phone to help with shopping, of which 79% ultimately making a purchase.

While those are still indispensable, and reliable back-up, the handy digital devices like a smart phone/tablet are encroaching in academic field work.

Mobile phone users mostly spend their time on games and social networking(49% and 30% respectively).

Of particular appreciation being the easy storage and access of detailed information, not only in the field but also across my other work locations: office, home or even the humble coffee-shop.

It is with this in mind, we recently were keen to experiment on how and to what extent mobile-device and apps could complement field teaching.

Have you ever used Nokia 1100? Be proud, it was the bestselling electrical gadget in history with more than 250 million pieces sold.

As part of the field teaching for the module on Storms, Seas and Rivers at Birkbeck, University of London students, we went to Santa Ponsa, Mallorca.

$4000 is the cost of first mobile phone in US, in 1983.