I have been reading a lot of threads about mobile phones on dissimilar forums and sites. Most of the threads are complaints about the selection of phone that the thread writer chose. To respond these complaints, I can sum it up in one word, 'Requirements'. As a Technology firm Analyst, every time I am asked to improve or improve a process or function of a software package, the first thing I do is regain requirements. Requirements are primary to translate what the client or customer thinks they need into what they legitimately need. This process can also be used in personal decisions along with technology decisions such as determining which mobile phone will best suit your needs. To justify how this process works, I will use my own mobile phone selection as an example.
The first thing you have to do is 'control the Wow factor'. It's easy to make a bad decision if you give in to the cool features of a new product, some of which you may never use, while giving up features you legitimately need and would use daily. You need to hesitate long enough to consider your requirements. The best way to do this is to list your requirements in a spreadsheet. This is your very first step in the process.
The first thing I did before choosing a phone was to list my requirements. In my case, the first requirement was choosing the provider with the best association vigor at both my house and my work place. Not only will this decision help to narrow down your choices of phones because not all phones are available at all providers, but it is also one of the most leading requirements because what use is a cool phone if you can't make a call or receive a call consistently. Depending on where you live, you may only have one selection of a provider or you may have many choices. So your first requirement, list all of the providers that supply optimum assistance in your area. Now you have a subset of available phones to assess to your requirements.
Next, start construction your definite phone requirements. Be as definite as possible. Normal or ambiguous requirements are considered to be not valid because they do not supply you with definite enough facts to fulfill the requirement. An example of this would be a requirement such as 'the phone should be easy to use'. This is not a valid requirement because 'easy to use' can be mean something dissimilar for dissimilar users. So, be specific. Here was my list of requirements.
1: Seamless integration with Microsoft Office products that I use on my laptop/desktop. What this means is that I should be able to copy an Excel or Word document to my phone without conversion and be able to not only read it, but edit it. Since I use Microsoft products in my work daily, this requirement is very leading so that I do not have to lug my laptop to every meeting. I can use my smart phone to bring up facts for the meeting or even modernize documents and take notes (using Microsoft OneNote) during the meeting.
2: Seamless integration with my email accounts and the potential to send and receive text messages.
3: The phone must have built-in WiFi so that an external card does not have to be inserted replacing the internal memory card.
4: The potential to use my phone as a network way point so I can associate to my work folders using my laptop even if I am out of range of my work or home wireless way points.
5: The potential to continue to use the software I have purchased from previous phones.
6: The potential to store my media (pictures, videos, music, etc.) on a memory card and way them using the on-board software as if they were stored in the built-in memory. This is leading since we like to take a lot of pictures and by having them on the phone eliminates the need to keep photos in my wallet.
7: Touch screen is preferable since I have always had problem using the small keys on a phone keyboard, even the slide-out variety.
8: Qwerty keyboard is preferable. I have never been good at using a approved phone keyboard which requires pressing one key manifold times depending on the character you are typing.
9: Bluetooth built-in. This is preferable to using wired earphones for listening to music and making/answering calls.
All of the features I missed in my requirements are icing on the cake and not considered truly requirements. The next step is to prioritize your requirements by aligning them in order with your most leading requirement first, next leading requirement second, etc. In my case, I found that I automatically listed my requirements by priority, so I could skip this step.
Now that I have my requirements, I listed all of the phones that were available at the providers I listed in the first step where I listed the providers with the best assistance in my area. Once you have your list of phones, start eliminating the ones that do not meet your first 3 to 5 requirements. If you find that this step eliminates all of the phones, you may have to revisit your requirements as they are beyond current technical standards. For instance, if you have a requirement that states 'the phone should be able to converyance me to work instantly', your requirements are a diminutive far out for the current state of technology. You may want to save this requirement in a isolate list called 'future requirements' or 'nice to haves, but not required'.
Once you have eliminated the phones that don't meet your top requirements, you should have a subset that you can now look at more intimately to see which one meets most of your requirements. In many cases, you will not find one that meets all of your requirements, so you need to find the one that meets more of them than any other phone. In my case, the Htc Hd2 met all of my requirements as seen below.
1: Requirement met due to the Windows mobile operating theory on the phone with built-in Office Mobile.
2: Requirement met. It allows email account to be setup out of the box and handles text messages using either the Htc Sense tool or Microsoft texting tool.
3: Requirement met since it has built-in WiFi.
4: Requirement met with an add-on schedule that is provided free by a third party developer for the Windows mobile operating system.
5: Requirement met since my previous 3 phones were also Microsoft mobile phones.
6: Requirement met since the phone came with a 16Gb memory card and the potential to point my media applications to store and view media on the memory card by default.
7: Requirement met since it has a multi-touch screen.
8: Requirement met since it has an on-screen Qwerty keyboard with larger keys than my previous phone's slide-out keyboard.
9: Requirement met since it has built-in Bluetooth.
The majority of users that I have seen complain about the Hd2 would have been happier with their phone selection if they had listed their requirements first. In their case, the Hd2 may not have been the ideal choice. This process works great for any decision from buying a stock like a car or Tv to buying a assistance like insurance. Try it the next time you have a decision to make. I think you'll find that you made a best decision.
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