People who make application

 Smartphone can customize the freely by downloaded favorite application by a user.However, not only you can use freely, but also an individual and a company develops the application freely and can sell.From much the demand, the development of the application becomes the business now. Then a lot of companies employing programmer and them who develop the application of the smartphone increase to the problem.

 

 

 

 Magazine called "Smartphone Design"introduces the problem that a developer and a designer of the smartphone application have.As a result of having heard it to people played an active part in the development spot of the smartphone application, it became clear for the present application that the following thing was strongly demanded.

1. Charm to let a user use it
2. Usability to understand how to use intuitively
3. Continuous improvement to have consumers spend it

 Of course these at the age of when is found requirements,; but in comparison with a PC market,

*The market is filled with application with a similar function
*Variety of taste and IT re-Terashi of the user
*The user does not choose the place to use
*Small screen
*Operation with the finger
*It is hard to attach a manual

 Because there is an element peculiar to these smartphone application markets, it adds to importance still more.It is insufficient so that application clears a condition of 1 and 2 only by having included a necessary function. A skill to design the whole such as the good appearance of application considered to an icon displayed by a market and plain screen transition and the operability that user are easy to use is demanded from the developer.This work is heavy only in developers implementing a function, and the co-operation with the designer is performed in the development spot when it becomes in this way. However, because a designer is different from a developer in a viewpoint for the application, knowledge and a technique having, they sometimes have an influence on the project without an opinion often matching.

 In addition, it seems to be iOS than Android the beauty lays application, and to be easy to design.Because it is the OS used for only iPhone, iOS is limited in number in specifications of a picture and the hardware which a developer must consider. However, in Android, there are innumerable patterns of the terminal which you must consider because it is used for various types of smartphones.In "the Android terminal, as for both the form and the size, a picture of the screen varies. The speed of the terminal is different, too. Such a difference is a big hindrance for a developer." The application developer says.Furthermore, Apple has distribution and guidelines on developer support experience and SDK of 20 years. A developer of Android is more serious in there not having been Google of the origin of development of Android if I do not make them from a beginning than Apple.There are various disabilities in Andrid application developer in this way. However, application of Android is not inferior to that of iOS. I can more easily develop a detailed design more beautifully in iOS. However, on the other hand, there is freedom by the width of there being it in Android.Because both have good personality, I expect better application development by all developers.

Let's enjoy using application!

 What’s application of a smart phone you favorite ? There are many applications of a smart phone in internet stores, some applications are very convenient.  This  article poplar and used by me application.Because I use iPhone, I introduce application to be usable with iPhone, but there is the application that can be downloaded from Android smartphone.
 



LINE
 

 This is a application to call and  chat using the Internet that popularity rises steadily.It is  new application announced just last year, downloaded by many smartphone users and becamed basic.
 The popular reason is it is very simple, and to be convenient.At first it can be completed in a short time without downloading of the application and don't need to use it costing money.In addition, it finds out a friend wearing contact lenses from the telephone book in the smartphone automatically. Therefore, you can enjoy chating and callling immediately since registered.
 LINE’s feature is unique chat capability.The chat there can send the big decorated letter called "the stamp" , Because you can express feelings with a stamp even if it doesn't input words, it is convenient at the time of chattering with the friend.and it is very fun.The user can use several types of decorated letters by the stamp function beforehand, and can add the decorated letter which oneself likes by buying it in a store.In addition, it can send an image and an movie and the sound, too.
 Furthermore, LINE has a function called mark of "Already read", This is a function to get a mark in the message if a user reads chat partner's message.Please in this way warn the user because the excuse "that did not read a message" is not possible.
 If you contract a communication fee of the Internet of the smartphone uniformly, you can communicate with a friend than a common email and telephone cheaply and funny.The person who own a smartphone, and does't yet use it please download it for trial.



NORIKAE NAVITIME



 This is the application that can easily search the complicated transfer method of the Japanese train.When We are going to examine the transfer of the train by oneself, it is serious, and there is trouble to start an Internet browser to use the search site.However, I can examine where I should easily change a train quickly since I started to use this application. It is displayed how transfer to  move cheaply and  In short time if you input a starting station and the arrival station and time of get train only.When I go out on a train, it is very convenient and uses it every time.


TWITTER


 It is official application of so popularity SNS "Twitter".We can enjoy Twitter if we download this even if we don't look at the site of the Internet expressly.There is a function this offical application finds popular tweet, and to notify of the reaction from a follower and is convenient.
 As for the application of Twitter, various unique application is announced as well as this.They have good different each including the fun of the design of the screen and the speed of movement etc... Please try various application, and find one's favorite.




The application that I introduced this time is the thing which I use well, but these are just one copy. Let's utilize convenient application steadily.

Mystery of the mechanism of the touch screen

 Touch screen is adopted to the most of a smartphone used in Japan now.
 People using the smartphone operate smartphones by a touch extremely commonly. However, I noticed that I did not know what kind of mechanism touch panel was.the theme of this article is about structure of the touch screen.



 Touch screen has the kinds such as Resistive or Surface acoustic wave,  "Projected capacitance" is adopted to a current high-performance smartphone.

 This screen is located the layer of the transparent electrode which is seted by a specific pattern on a substrate layer equipped with an operation processing IC in large quantities and, about the internal structure,is repeated covers (insulator) such as glass or the plastic on the surface.
 The capacitance between plural electrodes changes at the same time when a user brings a finger close to the surface of this, but  it is highly precise and can pinpoint the position by measuring the ratio of this electric flow quantity.

 Projected capacitance has much number of electrodes, and what can perform accurate many check appearance (multi-touch) features it.
 This is operated only with an exclusive touch pen in response to a capacitance method other than the finger, and it is necessary for the point that is easy to be affected to be careful when there is a metal housing near a point not to be able to treat with a user wearing gloves.
 
There are the accessories to perform the touch of the smartphone other than a finger."The smart pick" is a pointing device to perform the screen operation of the smartphone. It is a characteristic that this kind of product is often in the shape of a pen, but do not usually interfere because the smart pick has a shape of pick used with a guitar. I am available as a cleaner to wipe when I attach it to the smartphone as a strap and can put it, and the screen of the smartphone was stained. Even if the main body weight hangs it because it is only 6 g, I am not obstructive.It is recognized that a user touches a screen in pocket pick in substitution for a finger surely. There is not the worry to be lost if a user ranks a smartphone because it is a strap type.


In addition, the touch operation of the smartphone has the unique name.

*Tap
With the tap, criticize a touch screen with a finger slightly once.
By the most basic operation of the smartphone, It is used it for start of the application or the change of the screen.
It is"the click" when itis said by the operation of the PC.

*Frick
With the flick, it is mentioned a touch screen with a finger, and slide it lightly.
When a user lets time and the screen that a user moves a screen to next scroll early below, it is used.
With the smartphone, the character input by the flick is becoming mainstream.

*Pinch in/Pinch out
The pinch in is operation a user changes a touch screen to pick up with two fingers, and to reduce a screen. The pinch out is the reverse. It is operation to let I move it so that a user opens it with two fingers and enlarge a screen.
When expansion wants to reduce image and map, web page, a user uses it.


I thank for a great technique and want to manage a touch screen.

The history before smartphones spreading

 The definition of Smart phone is not clear.The smart phone integrated the PDA as the small PC with a cell phone.The smart phone began in the late 1990s and developed in the early 2000s.

 However,the cell phone was originally devloped  in Japan,so the spread of smart phone in Japan was later than other countries.

 This article is going to explain  the history of smart phone in over the world and Japan.



The early 2000s:Appearance of the smart phone

 From the end of 1990 through the early 2000, the advancement such as a cell phone or the PDA advanced, and an early smartphone was born. It is Symbian and BlackBerry to have had initiative at this time. However, a many functions cell phone did original development in Japan, and the interest in smart phone was low.

Symbian

Nokia 9000 Communicator(1996) It is the first smart phone.Nokia is the maker of a cell phone and had sales most in those days.
Symbian is the OS by Symbian campany.This company was purchased by Nokia.

BlackBerry

RIM inter@ctive (1996)
The smart phone which is the model of the BlackBerry.
RIM(Research In Motion) is a venture company of the Canadian mobile communication technology.


The other madel:
Microsoft Windows Mobile

W-ZERO3(2005)
 A smart phone by the joint development of three companies of WILLCOM and SHARP and Microsoft. A PHS terminal of WILLCOM. The OS is 5.0 Windows Mobile Japanese editions.
 It is a finished PDA. In addition,it is the smart phone which has begun to be used in Japan.



 The late 2000s Start in the market of the smartphone of Japan

 The sale of the smart phone in Japan began to increase by announcement of iPhone 3GS and an active campaign of softbank in 2008, and the explosive spread began in 2009.
 Furthermore, a lot of smart phones which Android was in in 2010 were announced. From this, as for the smart phone, general; came to be used.
The companies often adopts Windows Mobile.


ｉＯＳ（iPhone OS）：Apple

Early iPhone(Apple,2007)
 iPhone is the smart phone which Apple announced. The OS is called the iPhone OS.
 it is a simple smart phone having the touch panel that there is only one button. In addition, feture of it is which download application software and can customize freely. This made a smart phone widely available in Japan.
 Because softbank mobile became the carrier in Japan from iPhone 3GS and performed active promotion, the people who wanted a smart phone increased.


Android：Google

Early Android(HTC Dream,2008)
 Google purchased android company and showed smartphone OS "Android" as open-source software. Most of libraries are available as well as a kernel free, and the modification is free, too. Standard group OHA(Open Handset Alliance) where a large number of carriers and makers including Google participated in manages it.
 This is free open-source software. Therefore it is adopted steadily because it is the OS that a user can customize it freely, and is easy to apply to other information appliances including a car navigation system and the electronic book.





Smartphones spread by such a process in Japan. The new history will be born in future.I want to expect the development of the smartphone as a consumer.

(The refarence site:History of smart phone

http://www.kogures.com/hitoshi/history/smartphone/index.html)

Poplar models of smart phone

 Recentry, many models of smartphones is saled by various campanies.

 Then, Shold we choose which model? I viewed the ranking website poplar models to referring to choose it and seached features of it.

 (The refarence site:Ranking of poplar smart pone by Kakaku.com in 2013/01/06-2013/01/12
http://kakaku.com/keitai/smartphone/ranking_3147/hot/)


Best1:SHARP AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-02E(docomo)

 This is the model saled by SHARP November 29 last year.

 SHARP is good at puroduce highly precise LCD screen. So this model has the very bauetiful LCD screen too.
 Generally, if the smartphone has good performance of the LCD screen, decrease of the charge is fast, but this model has the great LCD screen and lasts charge a long time.

In addition, it has the camera which can take a 16,300,000 pixels picture. This camera has various functions for exsample,"voice shot":the function which can photograph a picture in response to a voice and the camera shake revision.

 (The refarence site:Product page of NTT docomo
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/next/sh02e/)



Best2: Sony Mobile Communications Xperia AX SO-01E (docomo)



 This is the model saled by Sony Mobile Communications  November 16 last year.

 The feature of this model is the design and the size that it is easy to operate by hand.
 And it have various functions such as waterproofing and protection against dust, a wallet mobile phone, one segment, the infrared communication.

 In addition, it can enjoy the media comfortably because it is equipped with the function of "Walkman" which Sony develops.

The catch copy is "The sense pursued is"free""

(The refarence site:Product page of NTT docomo
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/with/so01e/index.html)



Best3:HTC J butterfly HTC21 (au)



 This is the model saled by HTC December 9 last year.

 This model's the size of the display is very big for a smartphone at 5 inches.But the main body is thin and is light and therefore is easy to stand very much.
The glass called "the gorilla glass" is used for a screen, and it is hard to be damaged though it is lightweight.

 The processing function of the information is very fast because a quad core CPU is used and supports super-high-speed communication 4G LTE.
 And it is easy to look the letter of the WEB page and prevents information from breaking off in the middle of a screen by an automatic layout adjustment function.
 au call it "Too comfortable HLT".



I introduced a part of  models of popularity, but more various attractive models is sold . I want you to compare many models by oneself when you buy a smartphone.