The term Smartphone is commonly used to define a mobile telephone which has computer-enabled features not normally associated with Mobile phones. Many of them have the ability to send and receive E-mail and file attachments, some have in-built Satellite Navigation systems and the ability to play back streaming video or broadcast TV

For many executives on the move, the size and compactness of the Smartphone is a great advantage as it negates the need to carry a laptop for the duration of the business trip. Users can stay in touch with events back at their office by utilising "Push Technology" which forwards mail received at their company mail servers onwards to the Smartphone in whatever geographic location they may be.

Most Smartphones have some form of integrated hardware or software based keyboard to assist the composure of mail messages or responses and tend also to have a larger than average viewing screen to support the text input feature.

Push Technology 

Push technology could be defined as the ability to automatically transmit e-mail messages that have been received by a desktop or server mail system to a PDA, laptop or other portable device in order to provide mobile users with the latest accurate and up-to-date information.

SmartPhones

All leading mobile phone manufacturers offer some form of Smartphone within their product range, many of them are compatible with the new 3G telecoms standards and utilise the higher 3G data transfer speeds where the service is available and has been activated on the handset. Many models also utilise the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC operating system which synchronises the Smartphone with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and utilises push technology to keep the mail server and the Smartphone updated and accurate.

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