Have you ever asked yourself, what the world would be like if there weren’t any mobile applications. Society is impacted by the new development in technology daily. Someone is always claiming that their inventions will revolutionize the world, but no invention has had more success over the years, in the cellular world than mobile applications. People all around the world use millions to billions of applications daily for personal and business uses. For example, social networking which is use by all generations of people. It has an influence the way we purchase cell phones, in order to have the capability. With the creation of different smartphones and tablets, comes the demand for more mobile applications. This causes competition among application builders. Mobile applications are designed to its user making their experience less complicated. Mobile applications have their advantages and disadvantages, depending on its design and designer. They can be created to be very simple or complex, depending on its intended function. Has society benefited from the usages of mobile applications or is it just a distraction. What impact do mobile applications have on society.
Mobile application is a very aggressive market, there are hundreds of platforms to choose from when designing applications. There are several platforms that currently dominate over other platforms. The Android platform is very popular, it’s one of the most preferred platforms for building applications. Most of its applications are built using JAVA software, but there are others software that are just as equal or greater. Java software is free and offer a free software development kit. The kit consists of sample applications, source codes, developer tools, and emulators...
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Many people in today’s society rely on technology to help us with our daily lives and help us stay connected to family, friends, and other people. The advancements in today’s cell phone technology is very complex and made to be efficient for their owners, allowing them to surf the net and IM message people instantly. Cellphones in particular have developed very fast in the past 15 years. From my childhood, cell phones have evolved from the old school Nokia bricks that allowed texts, calls, and simple graphic games, to todays I-Phones that have higher computable capabilities than some computers. In the United States alone, there is an estimated population of around 297 million people, and 197 million people are subscribed to cell phone companies (Starr). With so many people in today’s society with so much power and opportunity in the palm of their hands, we shouldn’t forget that “With great power comes great responsibility” –Voltaire.
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Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) is considered to be one of the largest America consumer co-operatives. The company focuses mainly on training, outdoor outfit, recreational equipment, and other camping/hiking accessories. They currently operate in approximately 53 stores and in about 23 states in America today. Some of the service they provide includes hiking training, outdoor encouragement from expert experiences, and occasional programs that enables consumers to try some of their products before acquiring them. These services are provided regardless of seasons. A couple of years ago, the company decided to launch the REI app that derive outdoor activities sports and encompass numerous activities to attract consumers, which includes: promising high value products, built high end brands, and creates a ground breaking recreational programs.
When searching for the latest device you have a choice between apple, and android. These two are similar but very different. Infact these both have two different operating systems. For instance Apple uses IOS 9, apple phones can use this software. On android the software 5.0 is used. All these phones run different programs, you need to make sure that is the right phone for you. There are many different features and styles of phones you can get. Also these all come at a price. This paper will talk about all these topics to make sure you have an idea on what device you would like to buy.
Have you ever looked around at society and realized just how much of an impact to our daily lives that a smart phone has? In 2015 Nielsen group reported that ever four out of five phones purchase is a smart phone(www.govtech). Technology grows more with each passing day. Personal Computers range in sizes from desktops to smart phones. Among one of the smallest and newest personal computers is the smart phone which was created in 2007 (www.govtech.com). A Smart phone is a device that allows you to use it as a cell phone and a personal computer in one. This new size of a person comport also connects you to the internet and to social media. The ability of being mobile has impacted the growth of
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The significance of mobile applications, app stores, and closed vs. open app standards to the success or failure of mobile computing is that present day mobile users are very fond of applications. Generally, applications enrich the experience of using the device and allow for so many tasks and activities to be done all through your mobile device. When all that you need is on your mobile device, there is no requirement to have a desktop PC anymore. Applications also distinguish a company’s offerings from their competitor’s, giving them an edge when wanting to stand out in the marketplace (Laudon & Laudon 2014).
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Generally, cell phones serve to improve lives, especially if used correctly. To an extent, life nowadays can be unimaginable without the use of cell phones, as we have come to rely heavily on them in our daily lives. As technology improves, the uses and features of the phones also increase, thus making it even harder to do without one. Works Cited for: Agar, John. Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone.
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So the question is, how is the evolution of smartphones impacting our society? History of Smartphones According to Reed (2010), smartphones were first brought to the attention of the public in 1993 by IBM and BellSouth. When the first smartphone was produced, it was called "Simon". Even though the technology was nowhere near what it is today, "Simon" utilized a touch screen and was able send faxes and access e-mail. The use of the touch screen foreshadowed what would come 14 years later, the iPhone.
Android is an operating system which is used in smart phones. It is an open source software. That is the code is available under the apache license freely for moderation and distribution by device manufacturer. As we know android is the open source software so manufacture modifies it according to their needs and requirements of the user perspective. In 2007 first time android was intended and first time it was...
Based on the statistics, children in United States now are more likely to one a mobile phone than a book, with eighty five % of kids owning a phone as to only 73% owning books.”(An Exploratory Study on the Trend of Smartphone Usage in a Developing Country, Osman, et al) Most of the people are using smartphone, and also, some of them has several devices, so the usage of it is unfathomable. Then, what people are using smartphone for? In the New York Times’s article the most used category of app in past 30 days was playing games. Second one was checking whether, third one was checking maps/using navigation/searching. Using SNS was in the fourth place. 49% of the smartphone users are using SNS. The number went higher then when people was using feature
The world today is a result of centuries of evolution; one of the major adaptations is technology, specifically the invention of the smartphone. The smartphone is a cellular phone that has the capabilities of performing similar functions to that of a computer (Oxford Dictionaries’ online dictionary, n.d.). The smartphone is owned by youth for the most part; however, adults and seniors are also turning toward using this device. This in turn demonstrates the popularity of this marvelous device, and is the reason why it is constantly monitored by its users. The continuous evolving of the populations' wants and needs such as communication, searching of information, entertainment and recording, makes owning a smartphone essential, and beneficial as it is portable, reliable and efficient.