Done by Keegan Naidoo

Smart phones - A hand-held devices that gives the user additional information in accessing features. Any mobile cell phone that combines features of a computer such as voice services with e-mail, fax, pager or Internet access is known as a smart phones.

IBM Simon The palm pilot Nokia 9110 Communicator Blackberry 5810 Palm Treo Apple iPhone HTC Evo And so many more…

Yes I do agree, because smart phones change the way people think and operate.

they can be used to create sales for other businesses as well as the business of the employee that owns a smart phone.

Nearly 80 percent of smart phone users, said they find it useful to download money-off coupons to their smart phones, and approximately 57 percent said they would shop more frequently at stores that use smart phone-friendly technology, according to an Accenture survey.

The majority (79%) of people interviewed said the Smartphone is the phone they used the most to conduct business, as compared to an office phone.

7% of people said they don’t even take there laptop for business if they have their smart phone on them. Companies also save money when it comes to buying employees phones because most employees have their own smart phones and use them for business related issues.

Employees use their smart phones for quick access to the internet and e-mails which cuts down internet costs to the company.

this improves productivity because employees have more time for work and certain applications on smart phones help employees to operate better.

Smart phones help students to multitask because they use it so often, which in return helps them cope with school

The internet on Smart phones help them with work related issues and increases productivity in schools as well as the pass rate.

The information I found on smart phones was very complicated yet interesting. There were a vast amount of articles done on smart phones, and the research was either aimed at providing pros or cons of Smart phones or both.

From the information gathered I can conclude that smart phones are genius creations. Which have an abundance of advantages and disadvantages. But in a larger scale Smart phones are a huge help to society as they do in fact increase productivity and efficiency in companies, they make communication in the workplace easier, promote social engagement and have a crucial effect on education in a good way.

Information accessed on the 23rd of March 2011, 01st April 2011.

insider.powersportsbusiness.com/.../how-are-smart phones-affecting-your-sales/

www.desigirls.us/smartphones/is-the-recent-trend-towards-the-use-of-smartphones-effecting-your-desktop-use-wall-street-journal.html

www.allbusiness.com/reports-reviews-sections/.../14415704-1.html

www.mobilemarketer.com › News

www.visagemobile.com/.../Yankee-group-analyst-addresses-enterprise-mobility-trends/

www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/.../smartphones_research_report