Being portable devices, smartphones provide a sound platform for the practical utilization of augmented reality. In the opinion of David Ginsberg, the vice president for market research at Intel, the computing power of smartphones is likely to increase (Harjani, 2014)
Applications and new features will continue to be developed -- making our devices even smarter and in the process, making our lives easier. In the final analysis, therefore, any individual making the claim that today's smartphones "are good as they will ever be simply lacks the imagination and vision" (La, 2014)
Mobile phones have affected communication because nowadays people prefer sending short text messages. The messages they send are abbreviated, and this is affecting people's writing (Lenhart, 2012)
There are new devices that are released into the market every year, and most people will prefer to purchase and use the newest gadget. For smart phones, this is a wastage of money since the old phone can still perform the necessary tasks (Miller, 2012), and one is getting a new phone because it is there
There are apps that have allowed for crowd sourcing of information, which has made it easy to gather and update relevant information. There are also social sharing apps that enable family and friends to send pictures and videos even when they are in distant locations (O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011)
It is possible for friends not to see each other since they are both concentrating on their phones. This breakdown in communication is affecting the human need to socialize (Salehan & Negahban, 2013), and it is because of the mobile phone
Playing games on the phones is fun, but most of the games have restrictions, which require the user to make a purchase in order to advance to the next level. The games are normally fun and addictive (Yun, Kettinger, & Lee, 2012), which has made it quite easy for the users to purchase the game
In other words, it is smart enough to do much more than just make phone calls. It serves as a handheld computer, personal calendar, web browser, calculator, e-reader, and database (Agger, 2011)
How Smartphones Impact Society How does smartphones influence people when they are communicating? How do people use smartphones? How does smartphones change our life in communications? Mobile is the new Internet. With nearly 4 billion mobile phones, the size and reach of the mobile market is vastly bigger than the PC industry (Berman, 2013)
Another emerging trend in smartphone use is access to healthcare information and public health awareness. Doctors and public health officials are finding that smartphones can be wonderful tools for disseminating public health information and carrying out community interventions (Fenske, 2013)
It is worth noting that there are a number of critics that point out that the impact of smartphones on society is not all positive (Agger, 2011). There are those that cite smartphones as being to invasive and making it easier for some, particularly children, to fall victim to cyber-bullying, identify theft, and violations of privacy (McGreavy, 2012)
Figure 1 portrays the Apple's iPhone 3G (8GB model). Figure 1: Apple's iPhone 3G (8GB model) (Goldstein 2009)
Smartphones Comparison Smartphones Context of the Problem Research Question and Sub-questions Organization of the Study COMPARISON of the APPLE I-PHONE to OTHER "SMARTPHONES" "In today's age of high-speed Internet and smartphones, unlimited information is only a few key strokes or mouse clicks away" (Guillot 2009)
2 pencil paper, and paper to write on. In addition to a pen, pencil and paper, the wide array of personal communications technology devices a student may bring into schools and classrooms may include an iPhone 3G or other smartphone (Hirsch)
"3G," denotes third-generation wireless cell phone networks. "First-generation networks were analog, and second-generation networks were relatively low-bandwidth digital networks" (Van Horn 2006 ¶ 9)
During the next chapter, the literature review, the researcher, as the quote notes, compares and contrasts the technology and applications, as well as the special features of the Apple i-Phone 3G, as compared and contrasted to a: Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8100 Pearl; b: Motorola Q; c: Samsung BlackJack II SGH-i617 d: Samsung BlackJack SGH-i607. CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW "Compare usually implies that a discussion will emphasize similarities; contrast usually implies that it will emphasize differences" (Wilson 1993)
The technologies are being used by everyone and in the organizations as well. Every field has taken advantage of technologies and its advancements to extract most of the benefits (Basole, 2008; Cerra, Easterwood, & Power, 2012)
The first assembled desktop computers were expensive and they were operated on BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) language to be programmed by the owner. The desktop PCs also known as minicomputers because it a small digital computers that manufactured on the basis of a microprocessor, which is a small chip that control overall programming and functioning a computer (Cerra, Easterwood, & Power, 2012; Ilyas & Ahson, 2006)
Smartphone and Tablets A Smartphone and tablet is a mobile phone developed on a mobile operating system with more computing capability connectivity as compared to a featured phone. The first Smartphone is combined with the functions of a personal digital assistant with a mobile phone (Ilyas & Ahson, 2006; Laudon & Traver, 2010)
The concept of mainframe computers was established in 1960s. It has been found that throughout the history, the mainframe computers are the most powerful computers throughout the entire globe due to which they often called supercomputers (Laudon & Traver, 2010; McLoughlin & Aaker, 2010)