Tuesday 24 September 2013

The Task

A task is a piece of work to be done or undertaken, in relation to smart phones this is extremely broad as there are literally thousands or 3rd party applications cater for many other tasks. So I will break this down to the essential tasks that we expect within our modern smartphone. What are the essential tasks that constitutes a smartphone.

Communication



  • Calling and texting are undoubtedly the most important tasks that are carried out by a smartphone, these  tasks involve the user inputing voice or text to transfer information between phone users.
  • Emailing  on the go is also possibly thanks to mobile internet connectivity
  • Social media, this is a vital aspect of the mobile network having a small computer strapped allows new experiences and news to be spread at the touch of a button. Vine, Snapchat and Instagram are great examples of purely mobile based social networks that use the accessbly of having a camera on you constantly to share in diverse and unique ways.


Serving and Sending Media/Information



  • Internet connectivity allows by default to serve the latest news headlines, weather updates and stocks at the glance of you homescreen
  • New innovations such as speech-to-talk technologies also allow for different ways of interfacing with the phones surface, which these days usually consists of highly accurate capacitive touch displays.
  • You can watch/stream video and music straight to your phone
  • You can also do the reverse, capture/record pictures and videos to upload/send to others

Organisation


  • Smartphones are also a very useful organization tool. Taking/recording notes accessing documents, setting alarms/reminders and sync your calendar are all very useful aspects.





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