Mobile Technologies

3G and 4G have now become increasingly popular as people are now able to use the internet on their phones wherever they are, even whilst they are travelling.  Apps are also popular as you can now install thousands of apps. There are apps available for shopping websites, social networking sites, games etc. This means you can take a picture and instantly share it anywhere through these apps and see any comments people have said.  A disadvantage of having all these apps and access to the internet is that phone power runs out very quickly because it is all needed to power these apps and let you do all this, which is bad if you use your phone for work. Another disadvantage is that now people pay more attention to their phones instead of paying attention to other things, for example it can lead to dangerous driving as people look at their phones whilst driving, it also means people pay attention to their phone during social interactions and do not socialise properly.
Mobile technologies are also blurring the distinction between work and home as it can interfere with the work life balance. It means the work day is extended and can interfere with their ability to have their own private time and be able to relax.

You can now also use laptop’s outside of your home as you can now buy routers which allow you to access Wi-Fi anywhere or you can turn on your own personal Wi-Fi hotspot (this feature is also available on phone’s). This means you are still able to work or connect to any websites you like no matter where you are.