Messenger:
Advantage:
I use messenger to talk my friends to get in touch with them because I don’t see them anymore, if you go on messenger you can do video chat and see the person you are talking to as there are next to you. My family use messenger to talk to my family who live miles and miles away, my family use messenger because its cheap and free you don’t have to pay any charges when you using messenger. The community use messenger by all adding each other and getting to know each in the community so they can all keep in touch.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of using messenger is that it can be slow when you or the other person have slow connection it can be annoying because you will not be able to him/her clear, also messenger can be bad for little children because a random person can add them it could be an adult pretending and its not safe for kids to go on it without an adult watching what they are doing.
Chat Rooms:
Advantage:
The advantage of using chat rooms is easy and fast way to communicate with people, example Facebook is well know chat room were you can register in 1 min and add your friends and family’s, then you can talk to them straight away, I use chat rooms in my spare time to talk to my friends and family’s. My family use chat rooms like facebook to connect to my family. Chat rooms are free to use without any charge.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of chat rooms it using chat room it can be unsafe for children, because anyone can use chat rooms adults and kids can use it, it will not be good for children to use it, also the disadvantage is that anyone can add you even if you don’t know them, also the person can pretend to be someone else maybe your friend or family, you never know if the persons you talking to is the person you really think you talking to..
Communication:
There a number of ways how communication between people and community, includes mobile phone, video phone, video conferencing, information points.
Communication:
Communication with people knows is easy then 100 years or 50 years ago, because know you have the internet and the mobile you can just send a message instantly.
Mobile phone:
Advantage:
Mobile are like computers these days, because you can access internet on them, and you can use some of the software’s on your mobile, example you can use Skype and have a video chat on it. I use my mobile to talk to people on blackberry massager. Community’s use mobile phone to send SMS text to people in the community about news or meeting they have, people use mobile phone because it’s much easier. My family use mobile phone to connect me when I need to go home or I get late from school and they phone me ask for were I am, mobile phone is good because you can phone anyone around the world.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of using mobile phone witch everyone knows is it can be costly, or cheap if you have contract, not everyone can afford mobile phone. Mobile phone can be stolen easily because they are small anyone can take it and put it in there pocket, also if you have mobile phone when you using internet you have to pay for the internet on it unless you connect to your home wireless connection, when you have mobile phone you have to keep charging it, some mobile phone battery don’t last long and it can be annoying.
Video phone:
Advantage:
Video phone is really good way to communicate with some one, because you can see them and image they are there next to you speaking, video phone is easy to use, I use vide phone when I want to talk to my family who live abroad I use it because I want to see them, seeing them making if fun. My family use video phone on when they want show something to my family or they just want to see the person they talking to. The community’s use video phone to connect to each other when something is happening or they just want to.
Disadvantage
The disadvantage of video phone can be expensive like I said before, and it can be slow when seeing the other person. Also when using video phone the other will have to pay money as well as the person calling, it will drain your credit money fast when using video phone, and not all phone support video phone calling.
Video conferencing:
Advantage:
Video conferencing is a another good way to communicate with people because you can talk to more then one person at same time, Example I use Skype because its free and you can video conferencing, I use Skype to talk to 2 of my family’s abroad, communities use video conferencing by gathering online on service like Skype. In video conferencing the person you talking to can hear and see everything being discussed. Today, the use of video conferencing is widely spreading with people and companies involved in business because they can quickly communicate with every changes such as a certain drop of prices in the market. It will not be a surprised if this technology will become the most popular means of communication in this area because of the many advantages of video conferencing can offer.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of video conferencing is it can be slow when you talking to people abroad because they are far away and they might have poor internet connection and it will be difficult to speak to them and see them moving. Also if people use the phone to do video conferencing it will be expensive and some people can’t afford to that, video conferencing does not work on every technology example like not all phone support video conferencing for some reason, but most phone are out now support video conferencing.
Information points:
Advantage:
Information points is very good for community because you can see what the community are doing and also it give information’s, directions for tourist, I use information points to see what the community up to, my family use the information points when they go different city of community’s so they can look and it give them guide and information about the place.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of information points is some times it can be out dated and it need to be updated, the electronic information points some times don’t even work. They have only one information points in some places that can be annoying because other people have to wait to see it.
Entertainment
We are going to be looking at Entertainment on people and community, this includes games console, MP3 player, digital TV.
21st century you can entertain your self by a lot of ways one of the best ways is playing video games.
Games console:
Advantage:
Games console is best way to entertain with friends and family, because you play other people and it makes it more fun when playing with others, games console are easy to play with because the controller is wireless it don’t have wire. My family use gaming console like Wii to enjoy them self playing each other.. The community use game consoles in places like youth centres so everyone in the community can get together and play with each other.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of gaming consoles is that hardware console can be expensive and some people will not be able to afford to. People spend a lot of time playing on gaming and wasting there time instead of doing something else that is useful. Gaming console can be stolen because its expensive. A lot of games game consoles are aimed for 1 player that would not be good for people who have family and friends because they won’t be able to play together.
MP3 player:
Advantage:
I use MP3 to listen to music when I am studying, it’s a great gadget to earn, because you can save your music on it and listen to it anytime you want, and you can just charge it and use it any where like plane or train, bus. The MP3 player can connect to the computer with USB and put more music in or delete easy, my family use mp3 when they listen to music. The community use mp3 player when they want to listen to music outside. Mp3 are small and easy to carry around in your pocket or bag.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of MP3 player is getting old now because things like apple iPod is better, MP3 is old fashion to a lot of people and that’s why is very cheap. Another disadvantage is you can not save a lot of music on it. You have to charge it and the life time of the battery don’t last longer then other gadget like iPod. Another disadvantage of mp3 is that when you use it outside you will not hear your surrounding and people have been to been ran over because they could not hear the traffic. MP3 players have poor sound quality. They can be stolen easy because it’s small.
Digital TV:
Advantage:
Digital TV is one of the best way to entertain when you want to watch to TV because you can watch TV show with your family and friends have laughs, its also good for community’s example like when a football match is on the community can watch football together. Now days if you have a digital TV you can connect to your internet and play apps like YouTube or BBC Iplayer to watch from the internet. Also some digital players support 3D. Most digital TV comes with free view it have like 80 channels to watch for free and a lot of people would like that, you can plug your computer to your digital TV with HD wire and use it as monitor.
Disadvantage:
The disadvantage of digital TV is it can be expensive some times for people to afford. But they are now getting cheap in the market so in the future we will see cheap digital TV. Some times when it rains your digital TV will have slow signal and your channel freeze or sound different. Digital TV take a lot of electronic and some people don’t want that because they cant afford it. Digital TV can break easy if you not carefully.
Mobile access
We are going to be looking at how Mobile access affected me and the community; this includes laptop, PDA, Wi-Fi, WAP.
Mobile access:
I use my mobile phone to access the internet when I am not at home, I use the internet on my mobile by checking my emails and the news, community’s use mobile access to connect to Wi-Fi for free, the disadvantage of mobile access is you have to type in the password every time you need to connect, and it can be slow some times.
Laptop:
I use laptop to do a lot of stuff on of them is using my mobile phone to transfer files from my mobile phone to my laptop, so I save it on my laptop and I will have a backup data in case anything happens to my mobile. Community’s use laptop for many things one could be connecting internet from it and using it to surf on the net. The disadvantage of laptop is expensive and it heats up, also you have to charge it after use.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Personal digital assistant is a mobile device that function as a personal information manager, it allows you to connect to the internet, one example of PDA is I pad because you can connect the internet Wi-Fi and it have web browser, I use it to search for information’s and research, community’s use it when they want to show something on the internet because its easy to use and its always touch screen. The disadvantage of using PDA is it can be expensive and also it’s hard to repair when it breaks.
Wi-Fi:
I use Wi-Fi when I am and using the laptop, I use Wi-Fi in everyday of life example when I am using my mobile phone I us my Wi-Fi to connect to the home internet wireless, community’s use Wi-Fi as free hot spot so people who don’t have internet can use it for free, disadvantage of using Wi-Fi is you have to enter a password when a wireless connection is secure, and another one is you have to be a bit close to the wireless so you will be a bit close to the wireless connection router.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
I use WAP sometimes when I am connecting to the internet, WAP is a web browse for a mobile phone devices, allows you access the internet, community’s use WAP when they don’t have internet, it can be expensive to use WAP some times.
Data capture
We are going to be looking at the effect of data capture on individuals and community’s; this includes digital camera, voice recorder, and scanner.
Data capture:
Data capture is when you capture a data with a camera or voice recorder, I use camera to data capture, or scanner when I need important work to be scanned.
Digital camera:
I use digital camera when I go on holiday, digital camera are good because you can use it as much as you can, and the graphic of digital camera are high quality, community’s use digital camera when the are doing something like example fun fair or sport, community’s always use digital camera to show the community what they are doing in the community, also they use digital camera as a proof of the work of they are doing, the disadvantage of using digital camera is it can be very expensive.
Voice recorder:
I use voice recorder when I am at home trying to make a music, voice recorder is good because you can recorder your voice and see what’s wrong and re do it, or you can edit your voice, community’s use voice recorder by recording peoples voice on opinions, disadvantage of voice recorder is not always clear.
Scanner:
I use scanner to scan my school work example scan pictures to the scanner and edit them, scanners are fast and easy to use, communities use scanners to scan important documents, and disadvantage of scanner is it does not always capture everything.
Financial transactions
We are going to look at financial transactions effects on individuals and community; this includes ATM, EPOS, and smart card.
Financial transactions:
Financial transactions is a when a sell or buyer makes transaction online or offline, I use finical transactions when I am shopping on website like eBay, my family also use eBay to sell items and when they selling on eBay they use transactions, when a customer buys from my family they send the money using Paypal is another example website of finical transactions, community’s use finical transactions to pay the bill or employers receive there payment.
Automatic teller machine (ATM):
ATM is knows as cash machine, if you have debit card or credit card you can cash your money out from ATM instead of going bank is easy and fast to use, I use ATM when I need money to buy something or when I want to check my credit card balance, my family use ATM when we going shopping so we could pay by cash and pay me when I need money. Community’s use ATM same as how everyone else does.
EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale):
EPOS is a system scans bar code, its mainly used in retailers at the cash till, it scan the cost of the price of the system and it gives the price on the computer system, I use EPOS when I go to the local supermarket to buy something and they scan my product and give me the price of the product, my family use EPOS when they are shopping for example in a big supermarket like TESCO, and they have to use EPOS by them self to scan there products and pay, community’s us EPOS in every shop because is fast and easy to use for everyone and to understand.
Smart card:
Smart card can be credit card another stuff example like when you go on London underground you can get smart card to use, whenever you use it takes money out from your balance, same as credit card, also smart card comes in with little chip on it that have your data on. My family use smart card when they are paying for a hotel and they use their credit card, because it’s easy and fast, community’s use smart card example old people in the bus can now use smart card.
