Thursday, April 22, 2010

Hit me up!

Cellular phones are an integral part of society. I do not think anyone with an observant eye could or would disagree with these facts. I am not going to go into extensively the history of cell phones but want you to understand that various technological advances have been made that has enabled cell phones to grasp society like they do. Additionally, cell phones have become an aesthetic tool serving to enhance someone's street credibility.
The focus of this blog will be to explain some of the current social media outlets available to cell phones and how they can benefit public relations practitioners. First, we all know that cell phones have been created that have features such as full Internet (WiFi) access. These phones allow people to utilize full websites rather than mobile versions. Here are a few images of phones like this.


Phones in the above picture are just a few examples of phones offered by cell phone providers that provide this full Internet services.
Technologies allow for consumers to use social media outlets such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter to send and receive personal and business related communication quickly. Not only can cell phones access these sites to review information posted but other information can be posted from the user as well. One advancement in the technology is that all of the features of the social sites can be accessed from the phone meaning it is possible for more people to one day access the sites more from their phone than from an actual cell phone. Research shows this trend due to cell phones becoming more and more like miniature computers.

This video explains various applications and how they use them to help make people's lives easier.
The major use and advantage of these applications for public relations practitioners is accessibility. These people are able to use these applications to satisfy the needs of each public.
Now to the fun stuff. What do all these applications mean for you and I personally? Well, I must say that now that I have a smart phone I will never go back to another type of phone. I am literally obsessed with checking all of my social media outlets via my cell phone. In fact, I am about to quit blogging right now so i can get my phone from the counter and check it.
Okay, now I am back. I had one wall post and a picture text, in case you were wondering. I just want to conclude by saying that cell phones are an integral part of society. Research shows that this trend will continue as cell phones become more like computers. If you need any research information please let me know by contacting my blog and I will send you the necessary material.

2 comments:

  1. Oh Jon-Marc,

    I can just picture you right in the middle of blogging to get up and check your phone! But you say a lot of important things and I appreciate your post. I am like you, addicted to my smartphone and never want to go back. It is so nice to have such convenience right at our fingertips. We live in an era of instant gratification and smartphones are just another way for us to achieve that.

    Great job!

    -Hollon

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  2. Yeaaah, I have my phone going crazy with Facebook (and now Twitter) updates while I'm typing on my blog, too. It is a little worrisome at how much like computers smartphones are becoming. I'm just partial to computers, but the convenience of my celly can't be denied.

    Ben

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