unit three - trends in emerging devices

Question 1

convergence

Answer 1

when technology becomes smaller, cheaper and more powerful - combining them into one single portable device

Question 2

mobile phones and its examples

Answer 2

• transmit video and audio
• text messages
• touch screens
• compasses
• make phone calls

Question 3

convergence of devices

Answer 3

• camera
• calculator
• GPS
• tracker
• clock
• audio
• video

Question 4

convergence of industry

Answer 4

personal computing, electronics, communication, entertainment

Question 5

emerging trends

Answer 5

• security
• near field communication
• artificial intelligence
• location based technology
• augmented reality

Question 6

finger scanners

Answer 6

they are a new trend amongst mobile phones, providing a secure unlocking system to unlocking phones, entering passwords or even purchasing items, e.g commonwealth bank - suitably for business wise it offers an affordable biometric security solution

Question 7

near field communication

Answer 7

NFC is a communication hardware that is standard in phones, enabling a variety of features - e.g apple pay

Question 8

wearable technology

Answer 8

smartwatches, smart bands or smart glasses, they enable quick access to notifications, tracking and communication more convenient

Question 9

virtual reality

Answer 9

mobile technology are now incorporating this with elements of the real world- e.g pokemon go