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This survey of the evolution of the smartphone discusses how technology finally caught up with visions of an integrated device and considers what's next on the horizon. In particular, the authors focus on six trends that they predict will strongly influence the function and design of future smartphones-personal computing, the Internet of Things, multimedia delivery, low power operation, wearable computing, and context awareness.
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