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-act as a handheld computer while still have the ability to perform the normal functions of a telephone
-typically have a touch-screen, Internet access, and the ability to download a variety of applications (i.e. games, social media, etc.)

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Click on the link below to watch a short video that takes you through the evolutio of smartphones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxCKeFSXI44

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-began in 1950's and continues in to the present day
-named because the technological advances that are being made during this time period contribute to the constant flow of information
-during this era, individuals within society have been able to become more empowered with the constant flow of knowledge/information

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How does it assist individuals in the completion of their work? 

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How does it assist individuals in the completion of their work? 

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Smartphones speed up the process of communication between individuals using various methods (i.e. text, emails, social media). The widely popular use of smartphones has been an encouragement towards constant communication. Also, with the continuous advances in the world of technology, many schools, especially in the past decade, have begun to use a variety of online programs for educational use (i.e. homework, classwork, projects, dispersing resources). For example, in MCPS we use different Google applications on a daily basis and they, usually, have an application version of it that can be downloaded directly to a student's smartphone so that a large majority of their school work can be done even when they are not at school or home.

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In the past, people have had to use letters, landlines, phone booths, or talk face-to-face in order to communicate. The invention of the smartphone has allowed individuals to not only speed up the process of communication but make it an easier process in general. Also, schools, that are now using online programs to assist them in educating students, used to have less resources and educational programs/help was not as available to students as it is in the present day.

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Laws have been made due to the invention and increased use of cellphones (smartphone in specific). For example, laws have been made banning texting and driving due to the increased amount of car crashes (caused by distracted driving).

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Smartphones, especially in this part of the world, have become so popular that they shape the happenings of not just our social lives, but work, school, and art too (everything is digitalized). They are a part of our everyday activities and we expect them to be a part of everyone else's.  Their commonality has caused some people to become insensitive to others’ socioeconomic backgrounds.  Additionally, the way that smartphones connect users and the speed at which they do it  has geared society towards a point of instantaneous interaction.

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The smartphone industry have created innumerable jobs (sales, factory, etc.) and opened up the world of app-creation. It has also influenced the way people spend their own money.

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The invention of the smartphone has caused society to be more constantly social. Some people, (especially those who grew up without cellphones and/or social media) believe that the invention of the smartphone and social media (which is mainly popular due to the popularity of smartphones) has had negative effects on people’s abilities to socialize in person with one another in person. Others (especially those who were still early in their life/not born when the invention of smartphones occurred) believe that smartphones and/or social media has taught society to more communicative with each other.

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Phillips, Casey. “How Smartphones Revolutionized Society in Less than a Decade.” Chattanooga Times. 20 November, 2014 http://www.govtech.com/products/How-Smartphones-Revolutionized-Society-in-Less-than-a-Decade.html

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“How Smartphones Revolutionized Society in Less than a Decade.” Government Technology: State & Local Government News Articles, Government Technology Inc. , www.govtech.com/products/How-Smartphones-Revolutionized-Society-in-Less-than-a-Decade.html.