But is the immense use of mobile phones risk-free or do we have to pay attention to some aspects that can be linked to the mobile phone?
• Mobile privacy
When havin
g a subscription, which makes it possible to constantly be on the Internet, people can be tracked. This is not necessarily negative as it can help many people to ease whatever they are doing. Anxious parents that could track their child, transport companies that could track one of their vehicles, police men searching for a missing person, etc.But there is also a downside. In March 2009, Google Street View was launched. Google received many complaints on it in the beginning regarding invasion of privacy. The complaint was that some people could be recognized and seen in places where they were not supposed to be. So Google had to erase all the faces and the number plates of the cars.
But this invasion of privacy was peanuts compared to another application Google brought in the market. A week before the launch of Street View, Google had released eleven software applications for mobile phones. Some of the applications were just upgrade
s, like for text messaging or Google Maps. It seemed guiltless but when combining all, Google would know where you were and what you were doing, at all times. Something not everyone would agree with.Another disadvantage is the combination of the video camera and the mobile Internet. Nowadays it is possible to make a video and upload it on the Internet in a few minutes.
Again this could be handy for many things, but since the invention of the traditional camera, experts have raised concerns about the privacy issues. There are many examples online of people who did not know they were being filmed and put online.
• Mobile security
The current mobile
phones have many applications and possibilities. A lot of people are putting personal info on their mobile phone, e.g. their address, their agenda, their e-mail password, their banking details, etc. In most cases it is just a mnemonic for when they need those details and they can not remember them. There are also people who receive details from other people and put them on their mobile phone such as account numbers, etc.Those details are not meant for others. This is where the problem begins. Imagine if you lose you phone or it has been stolen, all your details are accessible by others. This might have some serious consequences.
That’s why there are enough possibilities to secure these details. You can set a password, you can lock your mobile phone, etc. So, if you put some important information on your mobile phone, which is not meant for others, just make sure that all your details are well protected.
• Conclusion
Mobiles are changing our Internet and desktop use. Next to the original text messaging and calling, checking you e-mail, updating your profile on the social networking sites and many other activities can be fast done on the current mobile phones. Opportunities are growing regarding mobile phones and mobile Internet, so something tells you that you have seen nothing yet.
Used links
• Cellular News
• Guardian
• Your privacy
• Miss Phones
• Smart Device Freeware
• Dance with shadows
4 comments:
Very nice and easy to read.
One question, do you think mobile phones especially smart phones will over take netbooks?
Husni
P.S I like the links to other blogs on the right handside...well one!!
Good points made about the mobile phone! But there's one problem with mobile phones if compared to the PC - you can't multitask. i.e. type a report while searching the internet at the same time. Or download a song while updating Facebook. I suppose the biggest limitation here is the small screens and narrow keypads of mobile phones, as wel as limited data storage and processing capacity. Though, i'm not sure whether the new smartphones have already addressed this problem, have they?
Thanks you guys for the comments!
Of course, nowadays, the PC has still some more useful functions than the mobile phone, which doesn't mean that the PC can't be replaced by it. The possibilities with a mobile phone are incredible. The latest versions have easy internet access, video recording, etc.
But like Sophia says, you can't do 2 things at the same time. I'm sure that this problem will be solved in the near future as also the problem of the small screens and narrow keypads, because as you perhaps have noticed, the new mobile phones are again becoming bigger and bigger, which means, easier to handle.
Now, will it replace the PC? I don't think so, I don't see myself writing a whole thesis on my mobile phone :-). We are able to do a lot of things on our mobile phone, but to replace the PC, there is still a lot of work to do...
A very well written piece of work that is easy to read and critical analysis has been done. As im in favour of netbooks over mobilephones this information really attracted me. Mobile phones were made for the purpose to make communication mobile, thus extensive features like using internet, working on some document, online surfing etc only suits to be used on netbooks.
The conclusion states that there is still alot of work to be done for mobile phones to replace computers. However we see improvement of technologies in the computer world day by day and more advance versions are being introduction. Thus advancement in technology for mobiles phone wont be able to replace computers, as computer manufacturers will make sure that there brand and product survives in the market, so they will make the most out of newer innovations to gain and maintain the competitive edge over mobile phones.
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