Phone Update

[shellac2]

Is there a thread that explains about smartphones, androids etc?

[mccfluff]

no, but if you give the make and model of your phone with a particular query, someone will probably be able to help.

are you trying to decide on a phone?

[shellac2]

Yes mcfluff, i am thinking of getting a smartphone perhaps but wanted some background material on fones in general before i buy a new one

[mccfluff]

http://www.which.co.uk/technology/phones/guides/how-to-buy-the-best-mobile-phone/

that might help. You need de decide what you want the phone to be able to do and go from there.

[AB Editor]

Do you know what you would like to be able to do with the smartphone? And how much you'd like to spend? If so you could try entering a question under technology:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/

Specifying what you think you want - there's plenty of people on here with hands on experience with most phones.

I would suggest that, whatever you go for, you go for a "decent" one. There are tons of cheap android phones on the market which won't perform smoothly.