In our generation right now, technologies are rapidly emerging and changing the older generation. With the new models as well as new features made in technologies, people get fascinated about learning what's new with the new released technologies and if the technologies satisfy the people's needs, they then are being bought and being used by people. But what makes it fascinating for us users? What makes technology gets our attention easily once we get our hands on one or many?
I would like to share my own experience when I got my hands on these devices, specifically mobile devices. But before that, I want to define first the term Mobile Computing. What is Mobile Computing? Well after reading from a few sources, in my own understanding, Mobile Computing is an interaction between the human or known as the user with technology. Having mobile phones in my opinion has been a common trend in our country. Almost every person has it. Despite whatever model it is, old or the recent, mobile phones have been useful ever since it came up. From personal needs to communication with other people are some of the uses of the mobile phones that have to offer. But one thing that I notice nowadays that people buy recent models such as iPhones, Android and Blackberry would be that these 3 have something in common -- they can access to the internet. Well, majority of the cellphones that are out right now have access to the internet and it's wireless. Their difference is that how it would appear to the user, specifically the appearance of the data being shown to the users. This also got me into thinking that another definition of mobile computing could be the involvement of technologies, which are wireless devices, that have the ability to connect to the Internet.
Although, mobile computing has been useful to users nowadays, it also has issues as well. For one would be the security. Whatever data is in our devices are not surely secured even if it is your device because it can either be hacked or even loss of data. Aside from this would be the specifications of the devices. Majority of the technology users are contented at first when they buy their first devices but once they get to hear and even see a new technology that comes out, they would eventually buy one if they see it satisfies their needs better than their current one. Another would be that mobile computing also causes "trending". What do I mean by it? Well, for Filipinos in tagalog it is "nakikiuso." Whatever people see in others, they also do it as well. To be "in" with the "trending" society. For example would be new generations of phones, (e.g. iPhone) has come out. Mostly, once the new model is out, people are desperately to buy such devices no matter what the cost is.
My experience in such mobile computing would be the time I had my first cellphone when I was in Grade 4 which was a Nokia 8210. I remembered that my purpose at first was to play games there such as Snake and Batumni.
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| My first cellphone |
But after a few years, I get to have a new cellphone which was way better than my first since the screen now is colored. I forgot though the model that I had next but what I can remember when I had it is that I was more into its functionalities such as taking pictures using the built-in camera and internet. It was the first time ever to use GPRS and browse the internet using such phone. But the bad experience for me during this would be that I had no idea that once am connecting to the GPRS and using it as a means to browse in the internet, my load slowly decreases thus being able to send less messages to other people and even having less time or not to even have an option to call. After a few years again particularly my 3rd year high school, I get to have a new phone which is the Nokia 3600 slide. My reason to choose this kind of phone would be that it was better than my previous phones since it had better megapixels when it comes to taking pictures as well as now being able to store music and videos in the phone and lastly, it's a slide phone. But right now, as a college student I switched then to iPhone which so far satisfied my needs. First of all, it contains now a bigger memory than my previous phones, better appearance of the menu, can take pictures and videos and even edit them such as photo editing apps, personal and even educational needs when I tend to take note of some announcements or side notes.
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| iPhone 3gs, my recent mobile phone |
There are indeed a lot of emerging technologies, not just mobile phones. I don't know what would even be the next generations would look like but for me, the direction of mobile computing would be making more people's life even easier than what we are experiencing right now. Mobile computing would have better multi-tasking functionalities squeezed into certain technologies which would help the user not only for their personal needs but also for other purposes. Maybe in the future, there would be such that data inside the phone can be transferred to a certain electronic screen or table with just a flick of a finger from the mobile phone let's say to such other electronic devices. Anything crazy imagination like this could happen in the future. Furthermore, more people will be affected and even be inclined to these kinds of technologies. But I for one, hope that technologies should be a means for the good. We are the ones should be in control not letting technologies control us by making us addictive to it.
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