It’s amazing how a mere gadget can get so intricately connected with our day-to-day tasks that we almost start living our lives out of that gadget. Yes, it’s the smartphone we are talking about. With the plethora of features and software available on this handy device, it is by far the most important digital handheld device in our life today.
Nowadays, especially, these devices are adorned with features and functionality that set them apart from all the other gadgets we operate for functioning in our daily lives. Today, these multifunctional devices incorporate features of a touchscreen computer including web browsing, Wi-Fi, and third-party applications. They not only serve as our quickest medium of communication but equip us with many other sophisticated features such as the GPS system, digital camera, flashlight, voice recorder, home automation controller, news broadcasting system and much more.
It's no wonder then that the industry sells more than a billion smartphones every year. Forecasts even suggest that by 2017, the number of sales each year will be more than two billion, while feature phones further fade into irrelevancy.
Tomi T. Ahonen, an independent consultant and expert in the converging areas of mobile telecom, Internet, and media identified six stages of mass media. He identified these stages as print, recording, cinema, radio, television, and the Internet. However, he realized that the raging supremacy of mobile phones over the rest of communication media cannot be withheld. This led him to add a seventh one: smart cell phones. What led Tomi and others in the field to make this addition were the benefits that distinguish a this device from the other six stages.
Cell phone is the first personal form of mass media that is handy and easy to operate. It is permanently carried by individuals and stays with them almost all the time. With all these smart features and much more, it is absolutely no wonder that mobile phones have become the Swiss army knife of gadgets today!
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