...ago. There are more benefits of social media and smartphones technology then its harm to the public. Social media is a great source of communication. Social media and social networking are becoming the daily routine of millions of people all around the world, especially college student and some high school student and the new generation children. Phones have lost their primary function of communication after smartphones were invented. The impact of social media and smartphones is controversial and it has both pros and cons. Smartphones were invented to do multiple tasks on a single device essentially. It's an alternative to a desktop computer to smart devices a lot of people are moving from using desktop computers to using sub-compact smart devices such as smartphones and tablet, smartphones has its pros and cons. Smartphones can help people do multiple tasks at one time, with the newer software and technology people can do video chat other communication purposes, and even use other advance application such as online banking, advance calculator, and other useful application. After the invention of advance micro-processor and advance GPU, people can play extensive games on their smartphones that used to be played on a big desktop computer. As smartphones have these so many benefits that I mentioned above, smartphones also have its bad side and flaws to the social life of public. Recently people starting using smartphones more anything in their life and affects people lifestyle and...
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...+971-50-5055285; Fax: +971-2-4045110 Tariq Rahim Soomro Corresponding Author, College of Engineering & Information Technology Al Ain University of Science & Technology, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates E-mail: tariq.soomro@aau.ac.ae Tel: +971-3-7024883; Fax: +971-3-7024777 Abstract The intention of this study is to investigate how Smartphone‘s are impacting the society and also how Smartphone‘s are going to transform the culture, social life, technology landscape and other diverse aspects of modern society. The intention of this study is to understand all the positive and negative aspects of Smartphone on the society. The study will primarily focus on impact of Smartphone on business, education, health sectors, human psychology and social life. At the end, the study will summarize the impact and conclude based on wide range of impacts that Smartphone‘s have on society. The paper will also recommend solutions, in order to reduce the negative impacts of Smartphone‘s and realizes more benefits of this exiting technology. Keywords: Smartphone,...
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...Concerns about social and ethical implications on society caused by convergence technologies. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to outline concerns arising from the use of converging technologies such as smartphone’s. The discussion will more particularly dwell into the concerns resulting that are believed to have some social and ethical implications to the society. Introduction The technological convergence of communication and computing for mobile technology is in the outburst forefront compare other convergence technologies such as nanotechnology, etc. This evolutionary path of these technologies brings interoperability and benefitted from each other’s services and functions including other industries. This has placed smartphones in the leading technology trend of playing the role of universal mobile unit. Smartphone is a mobile phone with advance features and functionality that provides integrated services from communication, computing and mobile areas which also includes voice communication, messaging, applications to management personal information and wireless communication features (Zheng, P. et al, 2006). In addition to the above mentioned capabilities, smartphones are also equipped with features to take, edit and display photos, play games on the devices or over the network, play videos, navigation and audio and video playback and recording, send and receive emails, social networking applications functionalities and surf the web and wireless internet, etc...
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...2012 Addicted to Smartphones? Have you ever experienced a sudden burst of laughter from someone beside you, and when you turn your head, that person is just watching his or her cell phone without realizing that he or she is in public and disturbs others? Have you ever paid attention to what people around you are doing when waiting for a bus, sitting in the subway, or even before a meal comes to the table? How many of them are holding a smartphone with eyes focused on the screen and fingertips busy dancing back and forth on the touch panel, and never get bored? With the development of 3G and wireless technology, cell phones are no longer restricted to simple communications such as calling or texting. After the appearance of smartphones, things like surfing the Internet, socializing, taking photos or even FaceTime can be done instantly in your hand. Smartphones are becoming parts of many people's lives. These days, a new phenomenon named "smartphone addiction" has emerged. In fact, recently in China, the spread of smartphones has attracted more and more young people into the world of virtual Internet at the expense of their interaction with real world relationships; it has also aroused heated discussions on whether or not we should take some actions on limiting this tendency. As a matter of fact, even though smartphones have created a more convenient life and have also changed our way of communication in a digital era, the improper use of smartphones is problematic in our...
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...development 4 2.3 Define Smartphone 4 2.4 Theories applied 5 2.5 Key Literature Review 5 2.6 Conceptual Model 10 2.7 Hypothesis 10 03. Methodology 11 3.1 Problem statement 12 3.2 Research objectives 12 3.3 Population and samples 13 3.4 Data collection Methods 14 3.5 Questionnaire design 14 3.6 Data analysis techniques 19 3.7 Assumptions and limitations 20 04. Research findings 20 4.1 Analyze question by question 21 4.2 Analyze on rated questions 28 4.3 Correlation testing 30 4.4 Objective testing 38 4.5 Hypothesis testing 39 05. Conclusion 41 06. References 43 07. Appendices 46 01. Introduction In the 1980's, the personal computer became the technological advancement that changed our lives. It allowed us to collect, store, and analyze large amounts of data with ease. In the 1990's, the Internet gave us the mechanism by which we could share massive amounts of information with one another. As we begin the 21st century, the Smartphone has quenched thirst for instantaneous connectivity. The growth in Smartphone use has been phenomenal. The CNN reports that 269.9 million Smartphones were purchased internationally in 2010 and that in 2011 a half a billion Smartphones may be purchased worldwide (Weintraub, 2010). Nielsen projects that Smartphones will become the majority of cell phones in use by the end of 2011. Morgan Stanley Research forecasts that Smartphone sales will exceed those of the PC in 2012 (Brownlow, 2011). The Smartphone has many more functions and...
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...ntroduction Smartphones are not only changing the way people of the world communicate but they are also changing many aspects of most people’s daily lives. Since there creation smartphones have come a long way in what they can do. Smartphones now allow user to talk, text, tweet, search, email, check the weather, get directions, take pictures, find restaurants, pay bills, shop, listen to music, and do so much more from the palm of out hands. While this makes life easier are smartphones causing problems? With security problems and social issues arising with the increased use of smartphones, smartphones may be not such a smart idea after all. Background Smartphones have been around since 1993. IBM created the first smart phone called SIMON. This phone was created to combine “voice and data services into one package, as the device acted as a mobile phone, a PDA and even a fax machine” (Reed, 2012). This smartphone was rare possession considering it could be purchased for the price of $899. While the Pilot created by Palm is not a smartphone, it is credited for popularizing handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices (Reed, 2012). In the late 90’s the Nokia 9110 Communicator was the start of keyboards on phones with its original fold out keyboard (Reed, 2012). In 2002 the first phone capable of receiving emails and web browsing was created, the Blackberry by RIM (Reed, 2010). With a few more attempts form other companies the smartphone was never a huge success until...
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...Impacts of Smartphones on Our Lives Nowadays, most people have classic cellphones or smartphones and they are still buying it. Smartphones are spreading worldwide like an epidemic and as a result of this; our life styles have started to change. Now, people are living with their smartphones, they are taking selfies, organizing their accounts, playing games, find their ways to home as a navigation. According to Pew Internet Project’s research, as 2014 January 90% of American adults has cellphones and as 2014 October %64 of these adults owns a smartphone. In other words, smartphones had become a necessary part of our lives. As a result of this, our lives had been affected by smartphones in different ways, with beneficial and detrimental effects of smartphones; they provide new business areas, online education systems, healthcare assistance and more. They make life easier for us. However, they ruin our social lives, make us lazier and sillier than before and they make us addicted to their selves. Therefore, I will argue the impacts of smartphones in our lives....
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...and Social Media: Keeping in Touch with Everyone but Ourselves John Doe University/College 04 May 2014 Abstract Technology developed in the past decade has been life-changing. Cell phones have become the most quickly embraced consumer technology in history. Because of this boom and the monumental popularity of social media; have we lost the ability to communicate without this medium? Smartphones and pocket-sized mobile devices have allowed us to do things that were only dreamed of a few years ago. These new technological marvels combined with the overwhelming wave that is social media are reshaping the way we communicate, and with whom. Smartphones and social media are changing the way we relate to people and lessening the depth of our face-to-face relationships. Additionally, while trying to save the moment for the future, we are losing our opportunity to experience and enjoy that moment in the present. Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat. Repeat. Ever find yourself performing this ritual over and over again during the day? Perhaps on the way to work, waiting to be seen for an appointment, or while relaxing during a meal. Glance around a restaurant and try to find people who don’t have their heads down using their cell phones or mobile devices to text, Tweet, or update their Facebook statuses—all while supposedly sharing a meal with others at their table. Because of the proliferation of cell phones and the monumental popularity of social media...
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...The introduction of the smartphone has changed the way our society functions in a mere decade. The debate about whether smartphones have an impact on society is long over and the answer is obvious, the debate has now focused on whether the impact is more positive or negative. Though the smartphone has made communication much easier, it has also created a less social society favors communication over the phone rather face to face (Ferren). I found this research topic interesting because I am one of many people that have grown up in the age of technology. The exigence of this paper is rooted in my interest in the future communication skills my generation and the impacts that smartphones have on not only myself but those around me. The purpose of this paper is to inform an audience about the impacts of smartphones on society, the purpose is not to persuade or convince. The smartphone has become so large and so ingrained in our society it has already began to leave it’s print, the nature of that print is unraveling currently and whether it will be positive or negative is still largely up for debate. There is no argument that though smartphones have increased our availability of communication, every second spent on a phone is a second not spent observing the world and the “usage of these devices may be stealing the most valuable moments of life away” (Perlow). One of the most common arguments that support the idea that smartphones have a negative effect on society...
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...be silent due to they depend on smartphone. Another influence that people always use smartphone, and they will develop some abominable behavior in their life. Finally, whether adults or young people, there are a lot of people’s life system are destroyed by using smartphone everyday. Therefore, smartphone bring some negative influence to some people. Some people always using smartphone will reduce communication face to face is the one effect about smartphone will let people communication ability get weak. Cell phones are affecting people’s life. “Extraversion may have a significant relationship to mobile phone usage behavior. Specifically, extroverted people spend more time calling and send multiple text messages” (Hong 2153). In the other word, extroverted people will spend more time on their phone, rather than communicate face to face with other people. Sometimes, the social anxiety also influences people’s communication. “People with higher social anxiety scores tend to not overuse mobile phones in voice-calling (Whiteside & Lynam 669-689); rather they spend more time in indirect communication through text messaging with others” (Bianchi & Phillips 39-51; Billieux et al., 1195-1210; Butt & Phillips 346-360). In the other words, people who have social anxiety are more likely to text messaging with others, they even do not calling with other people. Consequently, some people’s communication is limited by their extraversion and social anxiety. Some humans express their...
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...Running Head: SMARTPHONES AND THEIR EFFECT ON OUR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS Smartphones and their Effect on our Social Interactions Ashley L****** NMCC Abstract We walk through this world with our heads down. Immersed in the technological realm, we disregard the real. We converse with our hands rather than our mouths, tapping keyboards and touchpads to the rhythm of our thoughts. This is the way we communicate in the 21st century. In the last decade, advances in information technologies have substantially altered the way humans interact. Between email, texting, social networking, instant messaging, and Skype, people now have the resources that would make it possible to spend days or months without coming face-to-face with another person, yet still remain connected with the world. I love my smartphone. I am in awe at just how much phones have advanced in the last 20 years. From the first one that was gigantic in size, then leading to a smaller simple flip phone to these beautiful, amazing slim pieces of hardware that can do more than I could have ever imagined a phone doing. Smartphones are something to be amazed with. Smartphones can certainly make our lives easier for us as we use them for everyday tasks such as communicating, checking our calendars, using as alarm clocks, as calculators, setting reminders and so much more. However, as smartphones keep advancing with new ways to make our lives easier, are they hindering our natural need for social interactions...
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...Advertising Campaign New LG G5 Smartphone Corporate Communication Student: Anastasia Roznovan 33320 Professor: Sofia Gaio Briefing Context Product/ Market Product description (features, performance) Newest LG Smartphone from G-series will be released in March 2016. The new LG G5 will experience an upgrade including the security, memory, durability, power and speed. It will have newest features: sport wireless charging technology, will have bigger screen, 4K display, 20 MP camera, 3D camera, retina eye scanner and an octa-core processor. LG G5 comes with a large display of 5.6 inches with having a flexible slim design which has the most curved surface on it. The phone will have Corning Gorilla glass protection on both sides to protect it from scratches and dust. The G4 had 1440 X 2560 pixels resolution, but upcoming LG G5 will have True HD picture resolution which is going to provide superb picture quality while playing high-end games. It will come with improved metallic deign with super slim body, latest Snapdragon 820 processor running with 4GB RAM, about 4000 mAh. Also LG G5 will come with incredible camera specs, it has 20 Megapixels camera at the back with having advanced autofocus and LED flash while at the front it has 10 MP HD snapper. The G5 will have upgraded OIS, gravity, proximity, barometer, pro light sensors, smile and face detection and multi-gesture. Last but not least it’s the biometric iris...
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...Marketing Proposal – Smartphone Requirement Write a marketing proposal for an organization which is going to develop and introduce a high technology electronic device,be it new tablet pc or a smartphone Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………...........…… 1 2. New ProductDevelopment…………………………………... 2 3. Positioning and product life-cycle management…………….. 3 4. New Product lines and brands management………………….4 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………….5 References…………………………………………………………………… 13 Appendix A – Interview question and questionnaires…………...................... 15 Marketing Proposal – Smartphone INTRODUCTION Smartphone are unquestionable today’s most important form of consumer tech.Since the iPhone, they’re no longer just for business; they’re scaled down computers that keep you in touch, keep you entertained and keep you informed.We probably spend more time with our smartphone than we do with our family,so having the right relationship with the keys, email,internet , store informations , entertainment along with using a mobile phone in one device. Five years ago the smartphone was a chunky,ugly device that could sync with the office email and calendar.Then the iPhone, happened.Now the smartphone is a mini computer,media player and A-GPS unit controlled from wide open acres of touchscreen and everyone’s got one. Our company will find your ideal smartphone life partner. We investigate that five main types,test six...
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...user’s habits. As the smartphone affords an ample amount of possibilities to interact and communicate, there seems to be an indication that it changes the user’s way in which he conducts everyday life. Based on the result of our research, we can see that there are changes taking place in user habits, dependency towards the mobile phone behavior, interactions, co-present situations, and social norms. Therefore, there are some managerial implications and recommendation which are given in our research; it might be useful for the companies for their future strategies planning on improving smartphone sales. First of all, social influence also has a significant impact on smartphone users purchase decision, where users are referring to friends, family, and people around them. So, smartphone provider could have more socializing with the targeted market create positive word of mouth among them to spread it to others. Social influence could really affect one’s purchase decision. Therefore, the smartphone provider companies should provide better customer service and after sales service. Second, smartphone provider should study on what features the users demand for. For example, smartphone which has higher image resolution of the camera, better and faster operating system, smarter and lighter design, and any other new innovative of product features for both software and hardware. By better improve the product feature, and providing what is demanded, it might help smartphone provider to improve...
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...Zandi, Cameron Marketing 605 BlackBerry Marketing Campaign Analysis Research in Motion, now operating under the name BlackBerry Limited, was once the leading smartphone maker. The term BlackBerry was coined by Lexicon Branding marketing company, inspired from its keyboard resembling the drupelets of a blackberry. The motivation behind the company name switch from Research in Motion to BlackBerry Limited was to consolidate the company’s brand into a single cohesive global presence and to strengthen its recognition among its operating system, smartphones/devices, and its stock trading name. The telecommunication and wireless equipment company was founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada by Mike Lazaridis, who served as CEO until January 22, 2012. He was replaced by John Chen immediately. Chen wanted to change BlackBerry’s strategy by outsourcing manufacturing of its hardware to Foxconn, which is most notable for manufacturing the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U. The reason behind this move is to have the company focus more heavily on software technology development. The company wants to make the brand name synonymous with work. Blackberry’s new brand focus is software and service centric, making up 54% of the company’s revenues in 2013. Blackberry Limited has a loyal consumer base, and is most recognized for its sophisticated network security system, most notably its advanced encryption capabilities, which allows for secure exchange of e-mails. This...
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