Smartphones today are as powerful as our computers were just a couple years ago and continue to amaze us. Take the following quiz to see if you can consider yourself a smartphone guru.
One of the first smartphones launched in 1993 and just within the last few years we saw the market take off so that we now have six major operating systems to choose from. Smartphones today are as powerful as our computers were just a couple years ago and continue to amaze us. Take the following quiz to see if you can consider yourself a smartphone guru.
Instructions: Click on your answer and then see how many others agree with you. Then click to see the answer and the next question.
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Let's roll:
What is the name of this device that was released in 1993 and was likely the first attempt at being a smartphone?
Answer is C. IBM Simon Personal Communicator
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Nokia released a device in 1996 that truly was the first available smartphone and gained a longstanding fan following. What is the name of this device?
Answer is B. Nokia Communicator 9000
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what is the most downloaded game for smartphones?
Answer is B. Tetris - originally developed in 1985.
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The Apple App Store is the most popular in the smartphone market. What is the approximate total number of downloads?
Answer is D. More than 10 billion.
Bonus question: When is the revolutionary BlackBerry Dauntless expected to hit the market?
Answer is D. Never actually.
The BlackBerry Dauntless is an April Fool's joke from ZDNet Australia. Pretty good, eh?
Correct answers
10+: Your first smartphone was bigger than your head.
7-9: OMG, You speak in text message shorthand.
4-6: When it comes to smartphones, you're all thumbs.
1-3: Now, how do you send a picture?
0: Your current phone has a dial.
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