We cannot agree any less that PCs are on the verge of losing their dominance taking into consideration the recent innovations in mobile phone. Mobile phone is considered to be a remote control in our life because it performs multiple functions such as communication, organisation and storage of data,entertainment, fashion accessory and so on. As a result of these, there has been tremendous increase in the number of people using mobile phones. Research has shown that the figure has risen from 215 million in 1997 to 961 million in 2001 and as at 2003 we had 1.16billion (Bauer et al, 2005). This increment came about as a result of the technology development. Before now mobile phones were for calls and text messages alone but have now gone beyond all that into a new era in which our daily life revolves around it.
Furthermore, mobile phone internet access is quite convenient because of its portability and mobility features. The key word here is convenience. We can do numerous activities on the go without having any need to get home or office where our computers are thereby making business and life easier. The BBC website is the most mobile accessible online news with an average number of visitors of 1.7million per month (The Mobile news, 2008) in so doing keeping people informed on happenings.
To drive the point home, it is important to highlight some wonderful functions mobile phone will perform in the year 2025. These include:
• Knowing your traveling plans and alerting the user before the scheduled trip to be embarked upon by train, bus or plane
• providing monitored report of the owner's blood pressure and pulse.
• providing direction through inbuilt navigation; thereby giving the user the best route to work.
• controling activities at home from a remote destination, tracking car movement etc.
• providing payment system like the Oyster card readers presently used on London buses and a lot more.(www.independent.co.uk)
However, the only challenge we might have is the network coverage which might be a thing of the past by then. Thus, we should get ready to embrace mobile intelligence technology with higher resolution touch-screens, real speech recognitions, and greater memory and storage capabilities.(www.independent.co.uk)
References:
Bauer. H, Barnes. S, Reichardt. T, Neumann. M (2005), 'Driving consumer acceptance of mobile marketing: A theoretical framework and empirical study', Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Vol 6 (3) , 181-192
The mobile news, (2008)' BBC News is the UK's top mobile destination'. Available at www. mobile-ent.biz/news/32022/BBC-News-is-top-UK-mobile-destination
The independent news. Available at www.independent.co.uk/students/magazine/the-future-of-mobile-phones-a-remote-control-for-you-life
1 comments:
It is true the mobile phone is chasing tv away but on the other hand,do u agree that what you watch via phone has a different impact than what you watch on tv?
For instance, watching a movie on mobile is less interesting tjhan watching it on tv.
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