Are smartphones affecting productivity, communication in the work place, social engagement, and have an effect on education ???

Yes!!!

Productivity

•Smart phones lighten up your load by picking up an all in one device.•Getting a smart is a smart move.•They accomplish more faster and will lead to better productivity.•They are a collaborate tool.•Smart phones offers mobility solutions to small businesses.

•Productivity is on the increase because with a smart phone one can work even out of the office .

Statistical information• according to the graph ,smart phones are mostly used for entertainment purposes

• smart phones users also show an interest for functional features such maps , navigation , search in the web and banking and finance

• this is an advantage for consumers and the retailers since the fee charge is 1,5 %,about half the usual credit card fee.

•From their production onset smart phone sales have been on the increase as the bottom figures will show:

Communication in the work place

•Smart phones improve workplace communication

•Employees also accomplish workplace communication via  email, social media, phones and texting, Intranets, IM, HRIS, meetings, presentations

•Can easily access to complex business and company information at any time, and in-dependent location.

•It offers the possibilities  to achieve a clear separation of private and business calls. 

• During a meeting with the customer mobile workers can also have access to the company database via the smart phone to recall e.g. sales data

social engagement•Builds relationships, produce social dynamics and develop social identities.

•Smart phones improve on one’s social life by granting access to social networking sites even on the go hereby contributing to improving social engagement.

education•Smart phones are making an impact on education.

•Most smart phones have a keyboard layout. 

•College students are now using smart phones to research, find, access and use information for educational purposes.

•Smart phones prepares them for their next lessons by familiarising one with emails

Research on smart phones (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f51180/smartphone_capabil), Andrew Kitson , Ramon Llamashas undertaken the research.

•They count models with the following capabilities: GPS, Wi-Fi, and network type

• smart phone market is still experiencing strong growth, with 152 new smart phone models launched in the last year

Research questions??•What is the current penetration of key software platforms in the smart phone market?•What is the current penetration of new hardware features such as near-field communications (NFC) in smart phones?

•What is the current penetration of new software capabilities such as Adobe Flash 10 in smart phones?

•what’s in store for the future of smart phones?

Research finding•Research Suggests Smart phones Would Use Less Power With More Antennae

•Smart phones to have 23 percent market share by 2013: Study

•The applications market is really beginning to take off, thanks to the model employed by Apple with its App Store

•The strong growth in popularity for smart phones is attributed to numerous trends

Research aim

• look for ways to protect sensitive data.

• provide a single method to secure those devices

•Making a mobile battery last ten times longer is a first target for a large research project.

conclusion•As we have noted in the above slides smart phones are making a positive impact in society and their  constant increase cannot be ignored.

•They may have their disadvantages like everything in this world but  what is clear is that overall their advantages out-weigh their disadvantages.

•I feel that these have not only been a benefit to social life but to economic life as well.

•Source of information-internet

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