THE ERA OF SMART PHONES

20th century – 21st century

CONTENTSIntroduction.

Subject.

Impacts socially and educationally.

Impacts no productivity.

Research by O.S Vendor.

Sales statistics.

Conclusion.

Reference.

INTRODUCTION

A Smart phone is an internet enabled phone that also provides information management functions .

It also has the ability to send and receive email messages , also editing word documents.

SUBJECT

“Research has found that smart phones are affecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in education”. Do you agree with this statement? “Research has found that smart phones are affecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in education”. Do you agree with this statement? “Research has found that smart phones are affecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect in educate

Research has found out that smart phones are affecting productivity , communication in the work place , social engagement and have an effect on education. Do you agree with this statement???

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I M PA C T S S O C I A L LY A N D E D U C AT I O N A L LY

POSITIVE NEGATIVE Access to a world of

information Addiction to BBM, Twitter

and Facebook.

Keep up to date with news Disturbs learning process.

portable to carry Encourages cheating amongst students.

a 4 in 1 device(phone,computer,media player and camera)

Texting is 1 of the main causes of accidents.

Taking down notes less time for studying

IMPACTS ON PRODUCTIVITY

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

Cell phone banking. Addiction disrupt communication and robs people of sleep.

Easy access to emails. Missing of deadlines.

Efficient communication in business.

Lengthy usage might cause headaches according to research.

Edit ,write documents, notes on the go.

waste of resources.

RESEARCH BY O.S VENDOR

According to a research done by a company called

O.S Vendor, smart phones have proved to be the

most invested all over the world with market

statistics from 2005 to end of year 2007.

Their sales have gone up by thousands each

quarterly as showed in the graph.

See the following graph.

SALES STATISTICS

CONCLUSION My research findings confirm that there smart phones

is misused can affect the productivity in the work place , social wise and education wise. However, these gadgets if used properly prove to increase productivity.

In education pupils can access educational information on the internet. Socially people can do their banking through phones , keep up to date with news and enjoy the applications it comes with.

In conclusion smart phones does affect communication , education and productivity in a positive way depending on how we us them.

RE F E RE NCE

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discovering computers.page.55.

Unknown.(n.d).Smartphone market and technologies.(accessed

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Vodacom.(2011).Vodaworld.South Africa,Vodacom.page.13.

Unknown.(2009).Smartphone statistics and market share.

(accessed from).hhtp//www.marketingreports.com.(accessed on

28 march 2011).

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