Are smart phones affecting productivity ?

Dylan Glowacki

Smart Phones

Smart Phones Good or Bad ??

Smart phones and their benefits within an academic setting has emerged. The complaint is that these high-tech phones can cause students to easily lose focus in class.

“While smart phones offer efficiency and multi-tasking, their presence in classrooms still casts a dark shadow .” said Andrea Blakeman , a Monash student

Pro’s

Used for e-mail, texting and the Internet, the smartphone is an indispensible necessity for most college students.

Other advantages for students are weather applications, which can help students plan for the day

E-mail capabilities allow students to receive communication from faculty members and classmates on a rolling basis.

Pros Continued

Those communication gateways allow students to stay up to date with teachers as well as to stay updated on upcoming meetings and events.

unknown. (2010). smart phones. Available: http://www.shutupandgoogleit.com/component/content/article/3-smartphone-articles/58. Last accessed 29th march 2010

Con’s

Miss lecture notes whilst busy on your phones There is research which found that workers

distracted by emails and phone calls suffer from various problems such as lower IQ, reduced sleep time, including negative effects on the physical release of stress hormones and adrenaline. Another study found that people who multitasking actually become less efficient at work.

Cons Continued

Distracts yourself and others Ireth Halliwell. (2010). The Pros And Cons

of Smartphones. Available: http://www.getele.com/tips/tips-the-pros-and-cons-of-smartphones.html. Last accessed 29th march 2010

Stat’s

Smartphone adoption is growing fast. Smartphone sales nearly doubled (89 percent) from the same quarter last year: 101.2 million phones sold in Q4 2010.

Smartphone statistics shows that 48% use Smartphones to aid in their business. The rest of the 52% use Smartphones for their personal use.

anonymous. (2011). market phone share statistics. Available: http://www.mobile-marketing-blog.net/2011/02/smartphone-market-share-statistics.html. Last accessed 29th march 2010

More Stats

For Q4 2010, the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker puts smartphone sales at 100.9 million, up some 87% over Q4 2009. They report total smartphone sales for 2010 as 302.6 million, up around 74% on 2009.

The Coda Research Consultancy predict global smartphone sales of some 2.5 billion over the 2010-2015 period, and also suggest that mobile Internet use via smartphones will increase 50 fold by the end of that period.

Morgan Stanley Research estimates sales of smartphones will exceed those of PCs in 2012.

Gartner expect over 500 million smartphones to sell in 2012. Mark Brownlow. (2010). smat phone statistics and market share.

Available: http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/wireless-mobile/smartphone-statistics.htm. Last accessed 29th march 2010.

Conclusion

This percentage of smart phone users keeps increasing year by year

As the Smart phones statistics show, it is the era of Smart phones.

I think smart phones if used correctly can add efficiency and mulitasking to your work

Refrence

Mark Brownlow. (2010). smat phone statistics and market share. Available: http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/wireless-mobile/smartphone-statistics.htm. Last accessed 29th march 2010.

anonymous. (2011). market phone share statistics. Available: http://www.mobile-marketing-blog.net/2011/02/smartphone-market-share-statistics.html. Last accessed 29th march 2010.

unknown. (2010). smart phones. Available: http://www.shutupandgoogleit.com/component/content/article/3-smartphone-articles/58. Last accessed 29th march 2010

Ireth Halliwell. (2010). The Pros And Cons of Smartphones. Available: http://www.getele.com/tips/tips-the-pros-and-cons-of-

smartphones.html. Last accessed 29th march 2010