Adrian Barber
ITM 100
Chapter 8
Digital convergence is the use of a single device to handle media, internet, entertainment, and telephony needs. Smart phones are an example of digital convergence because they let you do anything a computer a can do. The Padfone is a combination of the features of a phone and a tablet into one device. Some refrigerators include LCD touch screen displays and network adapters so they can play music and display family photos and recipes. The Digitial Living Network Alliance is an organization that works to standardize different kinds of appliances and network devices used in our homes. Mobile devices have evolved and are now able to do multiple tasks at once. Smart phones can video conference like laptops. Tablets are touch screen sensitive like smart phones. Notebooks and ultra-books can run traditional operating systems and they are lightweight. Devices have a significant overlap in the tasks they can perform, so it's important to learn the difference so you can decide what technology matches your needs.
Telephony is the use of equipment to provide voice communications over a distance. A smart phone performs many tasks here is just a few: Access to the internet, voice recording features, the ability to play and organize music files, GPS services and digital image and video capture. Cellular phones refer to all phones that use mobile, cellular technology. Many cell phones are considered smartphones but less powerful cell phone are available. Feature phones are inexpensive phones that have modest processors, simpler interfaces, and often no touch screen. Feature phones and smartphons have components as any computer: a processor, memory, and input output devices. Smartphones use a CPU and interface so powerful that they can perform the same tasks as much more expensive computers like: videoconfering, recording and editing HD video