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• It supports mobile banking applications and secure transaction services, allowing users to manage finances,
make payments, and conduct transactions from their devices.
• Many smartphones come with health and fitness applications, including step counters, calorie trackers, and
heart rate monitors, contributing to users' well-being and fitness goals.
• It offers educational applications, e-books, and online courses, providing a portable and accessible platform for
learning and skill development.
Tablets
A tablet is a mini computer with input, output and processing functions that are
all combined into one device which, can be operated via ‘touchscreen’. You can
perform various tasks just by touching the screen. It is bigger than a smartphone
and performs all the functions that can be done on a computer or a smartphone.
Difference between a smartphone and a tablet are:
Smartphone Tablet
Main Usage Used as a phone with internet access, Used as a wireless portable PC with a
email, social networking. touchscreen. Some tablets use Android OS,
others use Apple iOS or Windows OS.
Screen size Smaller Bigger than Smartphone
Photos and Videos Watching a movie or making changes Watching videos and making changes to a photo
to a picture is difficult is better and easier due to bigger screen size
Battery Life Shorter Longer than smartphones
Storage Comes with different storage capacities. Usually have higher storage capacity, i.e., they
can store more images, videos, and apps
Phones with higher storage are costly.
TV and Radio
TV and radio have been used as an ICT tool for both entertainment and to learn
new things. Radio is used to broadcast audio that includes news, songs, stories,
speeches, cricket commentary, etc., while TV is used to broadcast audio-visual
content to a wide audience. It is a powerful communication tool used for watching
movies, news, weather forecast, songs, cartoons and educational lectures etc.
Applications or Apps
Mobile applications, commonly referred to as "apps," are software applications designed to run on mobile devices
such as smartphones and tablets. These apps are developed for specific operating systems like iOS (Apple), Android
(Google), or sometimes both. Some of the apps are already present on the phone or tablet. These are called
“default” apps. Besides, there are hundreds of other apps that can be purchased and downloaded or downloaded
free of cost from online stores like Google Play Store for Android and Apple App Store for iOS.
Some of the default apps installed on all smartphones are:
Application Functionality
It stores contact details (name, phone number, etc.) of the people whose
Phone details you want to save in your phone. It also helps you to make calls
and see recent calls details.
Calendar Shows a calendar and you can also add appointments, reminders, etc.
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