Upcoming smart phones

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The past few years have seen the technological development that surrounds mobile phones propel to new levels. New features have been introduced that have since become standard and include faster Internet connectivity, email services, social-networking and the opportunity for your mobile phone to double up as a camera, a music player or both. But where next for mobile phones – how can they develop further?

One way in which mobile phones are developing is by improving the quality of the features that have already been added to phones. For example, with music players and camera lens a rather dated feature, mobile phone manufacturers are now taking to boosting the functionality of these services. A great example of this is the Sony Ericsson Satio which is going to be released later this year. The mobile has a 12.1-megapixel camera which is better than some digital cameras, let alone other mobile phones.

Social-networking has also become a big element of the way that we spend our leisure time and our business time on the Internet. As options like Facebook and Twitter begin to become more favoured than the humble text as the desired method for keeping in touch with our friends, it could be said that mobile phones are going to try and focus on creating easy-to-use apps for these services.