User:Johanna bauer/sandbox/Evaluating an Article

Article Evaluation
The article I am evaluating is smartphone

Content
The content of the the article is well written. It walks you through the development of early smartphones and how it has evolved to where we are today. The article gives information on the hardware, software, companies that manufacture the phones, and the uses. While the article does provide pros and cons of the smartphone, they seem to concentrate more on the negative. The article features many links, most of the links I find to be useful, but there are many that are unnecessary. Although the article is long, I felt all of the information was relevant and you can easily find the information you are looking for.

Tone
Most of the article is unbiased, however, the article outlines some of the positive effects of development of the smartphone such as online banking and easy access to information, but it seems to concentrate on the negative more. For example, using your phone while driving, unmonitored adolescents using their phones for sexual activity, how any backlit device such as the phone can affect our sleep and how people become addicted to their phones.

Evaluating Sources
All of the links open and had relevant information regarding the article. Most of the sources came from news media but are relevant to the topic and used appropriately.

Talk Page
The article is rated C class. There is only one comment in the talk page which references how part of the article reads like an Apple ad.