Sunday, August 26, 2012

Smartphone and Smartthings in Modern Societies


“Smartphone” and “SmartThings” are new tech-driven terminologies that have re-defined human lives or societies in three dimensional living spaces – (a) personal communication, (b) working tool assistance, and (d) personal entertainment experience. “Personal communication” has provided both convenient and flexible methods of personal communication – anywhere and anytime; including affordable and cheaper costs per minute or bandwidth of data speed and data usage. Text messages, live-time video conference and more are added into Smartphone and Smart devices. “Working tool assistance” is all embedded hi-tech functions and computing applications automatically or manually executed by users to fulfill special tasks. GPS, Map, and thousands of new apps are monthly and yearly added to provide more working tool assistances in all perspectives of personal and business activities. Interactive restaurant menus, shopping picture and video catalogs and mobile banking apps are among daily convenient tools. People can take control more of their lifestyles and working behaviors from Smartphone and Smart handheld devices. “Personal entertainment experience” is a unique combined quality of audio, video, live stream TV, HD movies, HD video clips or home-made movies, music (download and live music), social media and social networking, and virtual music instruments are among new high-quality features available in Smartphone and Smart handheld devices. People have reduced their times sitting in front of TVs, audio and video systems by adopting their personal entertainment lifestyles into touch-functioning-and-tiny-screen tools. Blue-tooth, Wi-Fi, 3G/4G and docking-adapter (USB, fire-wire cable, and others) can connect one device into any compatible system like A/V systems in a car, bedroom, living room, kitchen and office.


Such changes were unimaginable things in 1980s and 1990s. Business firms can serve Today’s consumers in different manners and expectations that the former used to do or could do in 2 or 3 decades ago. Sales revenues, business lines, express shipping methods, shopping and service platforms are changed by consumers’ spending habits and high-tech know-how. BlackBerry, Apple iPhone and iPad, and other Android-running-OS Smartphone makers have competed with one another in offering affordable and high-speed interactive devices. Prices are controlled, while more free-of-charge added features are included.

Twitter, Facebook and blogs have reshaped and revolutionized personal and public living spaces. In a personal attitude or life, people can communicate in a massive scale or customized option to friends, followers and audiences in one demographic zone or multiple demographic ones. Business organizations can also advertise new products and services over a broader audience at a lower budget and higher effectiveness. “Smart” is used to deliver meanings of new technologies and humanized intelligent values into consumer electronic products, home appliances and office equipment. Automobiles, elevators and machines are also installed with Smart devices.