contextIntroduction

History

forerunners

Operating systems

Importance

Uses of smartphones

General uses of smartphones

Advantages of smartphones

Disadvantages of smartphones

Security and threats

Methods of hacking

Continual growth of smartphones

Future of smartphones

Prevention from hacking

Conclusion

References

introductionSmartphone:“A Smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with

more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone.”

• Smartphones becoming order of the day

• Human race shifting from physical effort to digital workload

History• Theodore G. Paraskevakos was the first one to introduce combined

telephony and computing in 1971

• He introduced concepts of intelligence, data processing and visual display screens into telephones which gave rise to the "Smartphone.“

• Original and historic working models are still in the possession of Paraskevakos

forerunners

• First mobile phone to incorporate PDA features was an IBM prototype developed in 1992

• Its refined version was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon Personal Communicator

• Simon was the first cellular device that can be properly referred to as a "smartphone", although it wasn't called a smartphone in 1994

• It was also able to send and receive faxes and e-mails

•Simon included apps like address book, calendar, appointment scheduler, calculator, world time clock etc.

•The term "smart phone" appeared in print in 1995, for describing AT&T's "Phone Writer(TM) Communicator" as a "smart phone".

Operating systemThese are some famous OS for smartphones. Some of them are now out dated as the most recent OS took over in past several years.

• Symbian

• Windows Phone

• Black Berry

• Android

• iOS (Apple)

• Palm OS

• Bada

ImportanceSmartphones are

Handy

efficient

intelligent

elegant

Seemed to be more ‘secure’

• According to the surveys since 2010, it is self -evident that more than 50% population of America, China, Europe, India and Middle East has been using smartphones.

Uses of smartphonesFor students:

• Dictionaries are easy access in Smart phones

• Access to the internet for research and referencing

• The ability to snap a picture of the day’s homework assignment scribbled on a whiteboard or take a short video of a key lecture moment

• Recording lectures with Voice Memo and other third-party note-taking apps

• Keeping track of schedules and dates

• Use of translator to break language barriers

• Allow students to check their grades via on-line

Applications:Following are the applications mostly used by students via smartphones

Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus

Adobe Reader

Word

Translate Language

Anatomy 3D

Smart Kid Math

Remind

For Businessman• Finding your way: Your phone's GPS can get you to appointments on time, even if you're in a

strange city far from home

• Access Customer Data: Many CRMs (Customer Relationship Management) allow you to connect from your smartphone and pull out useful data on prospects and customer

• Schedule-Keeping: Smart phones have apps that allow you to record not only who and where, but also your notes about the impending appointment

• Contacts at your fingertips: A smartphone makes your entire address book available to you at all times. So if you suddenly need to call your former co-worker from the road to provide an introduction to a new prospect, it's not a problem

BUSSINESS Applications:These are the applications mostly used by Businessmen via smartphones

Currency Converter

Net Bank

Contactually

Financial Calculator

Cash Control

For Medical:• Smartphone will help u in maintaining your weight

• With the use of smartphones doctors can have correct information about new medicines and there specifications

• Smartphones have apps which can remind the patient to take medicines.

• Diabetic patients are blessed with the app Calorie calculator. It will not let there sugar level down.

Medical Applications:

Some of the applications used in medical are

MedCalc

Up To Date

Doximity

Epocrates

General uses of smartphones:

• Instant Messaging

• Group Conversation

• Video Recording

• Voice Recording

• Bar Code reader

• Online Gaming

• Video Chatting

• Navigation

• On the go Document editing

Communication• Call

• Text

• E-mail

• Video calling

• Social Networking

Web Everywhere

• Cellular coverage everywhere.

• Use of 3G & 4G.

• Wireless fidelity.

• Streaming high definition movies.

• Access of internet everywhere and anytime.

Endless ApplicationsThe early twenty-first century brings hundreds of thousands of smartphone apps. Here is a list of top 10 apps of all time.

1-Gmail 9-fruit ninja

2-Angry Birds 10-temple run

3-Chrome browser

4-Facebook

5-Skype

6-Twitter

7-WhatsApp Messenger

8-Adobe Flash Player

WIRELESS SHARING

Advantages of smartphones also extend to the field of sharing because now you can share files wirelessly without the need of USB. Apps for wirelessly sharing data are:

BLUETOOTH Sharing

Airdroid

Es file explorer

samba

Cost

• The biggest disadvantage of a smartphone is its cost compared to standard mobile phones. A smartphone costs considerably more from a feature phone.

• Smartphones also require expensive data plans which most standard phones do not.

• Internet access is provided at an additional cost, raising the cost of owning a smartphone.

Security• Threats from SMS

This term is used to name phishing attempts sent via SMS, and is used to fool victims into giving up personal data.

• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Security Risks

Free Wi-Fi hotspots always look attractive, but they can prove to be both rife with malware and provided by scammers looking to capture your personal data such as passwords, credit card data.

The Danger of Rogue Apps• There are rogue apps on any platform whether

it is android, ios or windows phone.

• It’s no surprise that the number of threats for Android has increased over the past few years.

EXAMPLE OF FAKE APP:

Android.Spyware.GoneSixty.Gen

Typing• keyboard is significantly smaller on the smartphone interface

than it is on a computer and characters are packed closely together, all of which limits how fast you can type.

Security and threats

People use smartphones features to have efficiency and save their time and energy

As the trend goes on, people are becoming addicted to there features

People are very casual with their personal data which is a danger to themselves

The features provided by the smartphone companies and their operating systems are not that much secure

They have much vulnerability in them which can be exploited in many different ways

It makes a user unsecure and helpless in this technologically active era

Methods of hackingFollowing are the various methods used by hackers/attackers to hack into smartphones for their purposes:

Snooping: Software's allowing the hacker to access the data of a smartphone without the

permission and knowledge of Owner. E.g. Trojans

Phishing:It is spam technique. Hacker would try to communicate a User , disguised as someone

User may know, and try to get information from him.

Network Spoofing:Attacker can design a rouge network point and the smartphone can try to

connect with it automatically. This will give the attacker access to all the User’s traffic

Wireless Hacking:Wi fi can be hacked easily and all the incoming and outgoing data can be exploited.

Phone Cloning:Not easy to work on, but soft wares are there to provide the cloning process of a phone.

Hacker can receive the calls, SMS of a User.

Dodgy Apps:one of the mobile user’s weaknesses: these can gain access

to your contact list, phone calls, GPS location, and credit card data, often without notifying you

they can also install spyware or malware on your smartphone

Bluetooth:Your Bluetooth connection can be hacked to provide access

to your phone any time it’s turned on, even when it’s turned on but not in use

Biggest breachTo date, the biggest smartphone breach occurred on Google Android phones. Users that downloaded certain wallpaper applications actually opened their phones up to hackers who harvested the phone and voice-mail numbers, as well as data used to disclose a user's physical location. The wallpapers were downloaded more than 1 million times, and information was transmitted to a Chinese Website. In one week, Google had to take down more than 80 such applications to protect its users.

Continual growth of smartphones

According to New York times total sales of smartphones will reach 1.2 billion units before the end of the 2014, a 23.1 percent increase over 2013

Android continues to dominate these sales with an estimated market share of 80.2 percent in 2014

Smartphone adoption reflects the trend toward emerging market growth in the wider technology device space

Future of smartphonesFlexible Screens:

It may soon be the case where smartphones are able provide a large screen to watch and play your favorite movies and games while maintaining a pocket able size. Screens can be folded and unfolded

In-Built Projector:It features a built-in DLP (Digital Light Projection) WVGA projector that is able to project

future-features-smart-phones at up to 50 inches in size at 15 lumens

3D Screens & Holograms At present, we have a couple of 3D smartphones in the market, such as the LG

Optimus 3D, the Motorola MT810 but next path could possibly be holographic projections

These will be a combination of 3D future-features-smart-phones/ and projections from the smartphone

Enhance the environment In future, smartphones will be able to layer the world we perceive

through our senses with enhanced informational content: maps, tags, suggestions, even ads, appearing and fading as we walk down the street

Prevention from hacking

Be sure to change your phone's remote access PIN

Use strong passwords that would be difficult for anyone to guess

Turn off auto-complete so that passwords aren't stored on your phone

Delete your browsing history frequently

Don’t leave your phone unattended in a public place

Avoid using unprotected Bluetooth networks and turn off your when you aren’t using it

Use a protected app to store pin numbers and credit cards

Avoid accessing important locations such as bank accounts via public Wi-Fi that may not be secure

conclusionSmartphones have a combined influence on people. People are becoming anti-social and because of it people get scammed easily whereas on the other hand these are very helpful in everyway and have made lots of things easier for the human race.

References

• www.google.com