Smartphones

Smartphones are highlighted, analyzed, and broken down in chapter 4. These devices are bringing the worlds of on the internet together with cameras, video recorders, music devices, navigation systems and much more. Smartphones have transformed the world over the past decade. Since the invention of the first cell phone, remote capabilities have taken off at a very fast rate. On my Zoho spreadsheet I have highlighted a bunch of products made by Apple mainly focusing on computers and tablets but also incorporating the Iphone. The textbook highlights the how these devices bring the Internet and web browsing together with other technology devices. It compares the Android by Motorola, Blackberry, Palm, and Iphone by Apple in operating system capability as well as physical attributes but doesn’t really highlight how these devices have connected every other person in the world who owns a device similar to theirs. These devices have also changed the way humans who own them live. They set a new base line for what is considered normal.

            I am an Iphone owner and any other college student who owns one knows the overwhelming helplessness that occurs when their phone is either lost or broken. A recent study by intersperience.com reveals how smartphones are changing the way we live and the far-reaching implications of our business. [1] Nowadays lives are structured around communication and ability to communicate with someone at any given moment of the day. 79% of populations now own a mobile phone of some sort and 44% use a smartphone. [1] 56% of those users report being on the phone “all of the time” and 65% say they would feel lost without them. [1] Business, transactions are done via electronic banking, appointments are set up with phone calls, emails, or text messages. Conferences no longer have to happen in meeting rooms; instead they can occur on a multiline call completed from a smart phone. Students at colleges most effectively communicate with professors via email and friends via txt. Social media has applications designed specifically for smartphones and tuition payments, as well as loan money and money from home can all be received and monitored remotely from the smartphone. It could be argued that Smartphones are being used as the precedent when conducting day-to-day business. What can and cannot be completed rests on the users ability to access their smartphone to check assignments or payment for business ventures. With all of the capabilities these devices offer it’s not wonder why they are relied on so heavily. The ability to have this type of information readily available almost immediately has molded the way some societies function. 

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[1] http://www.intersperience.com/article_more.asp?art_id=43