History and Workings of Interactive Technology Within Communications Devices
History of Interactive Technology
History and Workings of Interactive Technology Within Communications Devices
How many times do you check your phone or PDA everyday? Every hour? Half hour? Ten minutes? Most people can’t even go one whole day without their communications devices at the ready. Have you ever stopped and wondered how we even got to this point in the first place? The answer is growing interactive technology within our communications devices. From gaming, to movies, to buying online products, virtually anything to do with the consumer can be done from a smart phone or PDA device now. The history and workings of interactive technology has changed communications devices by becoming more widely used, more common with business integration, and by becoming more user friendly. According to Apai (2009) the first PDA integration into communications technology started with the BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator which came out in 1993. This was the first PDA/phone combo that allowed users to make phone calls while also having data stored onto the device such as calendar events, mail, memos, and clocks. While at the time it was running minimal applications it gave a way for people to starting thinking outside of the box and was the start of something much more. Before integrating PDA’s onto communication devices there were a few stand alone PDA products like the palm pilot. A palm pilot was a task organizer that looked much like a smart phone would today that could run various applications for the user except it was not a phone. While this was a good idea at the time, over the years these devices were integrated into cell phones and communications devices which made them practically obsolete. Now fast forward to 1999 when the internet became widely popular to use on new Smartphone’s like Blackberries and Nokias. Because of interactive technology advancements people could now check online emails, browse web pages, and even download files and
History and Workings of Interactive Technology Within Communications Devices
How many times do you check your phone or PDA everyday? Every hour? Half hour? Ten minutes? Most people can’t even go one whole day without their communications devices at the ready. Have you ever stopped and wondered how we even got to this point in the first place? The answer is growing interactive technology within our communications devices. From gaming, to movies, to buying online products, virtually anything to do with the consumer can be done from a smart phone or PDA device now. The history and workings of interactive technology has changed communications devices by becoming more widely used, more common with business integration, and by becoming more user friendly. According to Apai (2009) the first PDA integration into communications technology started with the BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator which came out in 1993. This was the first PDA/phone combo that allowed users to make phone calls while also having data stored onto the device such as calendar events, mail, memos, and clocks. While at the time it was running minimal applications it gave a way for people to starting thinking outside of the box and was the start of something much more. Before integrating PDA’s onto communication devices there were a few stand alone PDA products like the palm pilot. A palm pilot was a task organizer that looked much like a smart phone would today that could run various applications for the user except it was not a phone. While this was a good idea at the time, over the years these devices were integrated into cell phones and communications devices which made them practically obsolete. Now fast forward to 1999 when the internet became widely popular to use on new Smartphone’s like Blackberries and Nokias. Because of interactive technology advancements people could now check online emails, browse web pages, and even download files and
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