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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 minicomputer 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:
Factors Smartphone Tablet
Main Usage Used as a phone with Internet access, Used as a wireless portable PC with a touchscreen.
email, social networking. 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 to Watching videos and making changes to a photo is
a picture is difficult 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
Phones with higher storage are costly. store more images, videos, and apps
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
Phone whose 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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