Saturday, October 11, 2014

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: Cell Phones, Smartphones and Media Convergence (U7-P4) Fa14





What is a smartphone?

"A cellular telephone with built-in applications and Internet access. In addition to digital voice service, modern smartphones provide text messaging, e-mail, Web browsing, still and video cameras, MP3 player and video playback and calling. In addition to their built-in functions, smartphones run myriad free and paid applications, turning the once single-minded cellphone into a mobile personal computer. For an overview of included and nice-to-have features..." (PCMag.com)

What's the difference between a cell phone and a smartphone?  How does a dumb phone fit in here?  

How does the banana phone fit in?  :)



Recalling, the previous discussion on consequences, what are some consequences of adopting a smartphone?


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