powerpoint presentation on smartphones.

1. SMARTPHONES SVOVA, TSITSI GRACIOUS TUTORIAL TWO

2. WHAT IS A SMARTPHONE? A smartphone is a device that lets you make telephone calls, but also adds features that you might find on a personal digital assistant or a computer. A smartphone also offers the ability to send and receive e-mail and edit Office documents, for example.

3. PRODUCTIVITY Rapid increase of mobile usage has given us a productivity boost compared to the days when phones were a privilege and it took months to acquire phone services. However, today it is likely that we have eked out the majority of the improvements possible, and now seeing the downside: productivity losses that are occuring due to bad cellphone habits.

4. COMMUNICATION IN WORKPLACE Companies can now handle business applications using mobile devices of different vendors. Entire business communications like for example CRM(customer relationship management) can be used with the smartphones. Guarantee a high confidentiality of data transferred data. Access to complex business applications and company information at any time and independent from the location.

5. COMMUNICATION IN WORKPLACE History of customer contacts, price lists and information on products can be accessed at an outside the office meeting with clients. However, not all unified communication funtions are supported by every smartphone provider. Calls can be initiated via the smartphone and can be made via the company network(via fixed-line phone network). Company database can be accessed anywhere and everywhere.

6. SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT Smartphones have become a very essential economic tool for communication between friends and family. Instant messaging with the same smart phones. Video calling Smartphones have actually brought families that are far apart closer together.

7. EDUCATION Permanent access to some virtual textbooks because teachers thought it less expensive to read a freeware book or courses or internet than to pay for buying or copying them on Xerox. Parents can access a database with their children’s marks and presences. Interactive courses. Instead of handouts with lots of writing, videos and images can be used and shared with other students online.

8. EDUCATION Online classes, online courses and online attendance can be done using your smartphone. Class notifications and notes can also be accessed on the smartphone. Over 3,400 education applications available to download on iTune store.

9. STATISTICS 31% of mobile phone owners have a smartphone as of December 2010. Smartphones accounted for 297million(19%) of the 1.6billion mobile phones sold in 2010. 72,1% more than 2009. Expected growth of 95million in 2011.

12. Sales of smartphones(android), jumped almost 900% compared to 2009 in 2010.

14. CONCLUSION Smartphones have affected people’s everyday lives as noted above, with most of the effects being positive. There are negative effects of smartphones which include addictions, health problems only to mention a few. However, the negative effects are outweighed by the positive effects.