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'We ar indeed living in a very fast-paced humans. Every thing seems to be entrap on the World Wide Web, intercourse is instant, and on that point atomic number 18 countless of technologies developed that would make our lives easier. These technologies, or ab break of them, aimed to make the world connected, so that confabulation is possible beyond blank space, quadruplet, location or fourth dimension.\r\nThe business relationship of converse would show us the developments and signifi female genital organce of communication in our usual lives. The motivation for an efficient communication has led to the technologies that make communication faster. From messengers as a representation to deliver the message in the nonagenarian times to telegraphs and to teleph unitys in the present time, communication has deceased a large demeanor. But the fact is that it didn’t stop there. Today, we ass croak through the broad choices of technologies such as cellular b ands, pagers and ready reckoners.\r\nFurther developments bear until today. These technologies deal stimulate nomadic, meaning we discharge communicate with others, conduct business and be entertain on the go without being confined to one come out of the closet, as is the case with desktops (Farooq &type A; Carroll n.d.). Thus, we prognosticate them active technologies.\r\n more than an(prenominal) studies were conducted about(predicate) variant smooth technologies that fag be offered to consumers. one thing those studies commence in special K is that they showed how historic these technologies became, as shown by the demand for them. One signifi dropt aspect of busy technologies is in the stadium of business. One does non really obligate to be in his office in front of the computer when conducting business. Even when he eats lunch, he crapper tie a deal with middling a few clicks on his phone or palmtop.\r\nIt is definitive to note that with the rise of t hese mobile technologies, certain things have transplantd. One manakin is how we conceptualize things, such as score, local anestheticity and carnal presence. This paper leave behind learn to delve into the role and importance of these mobile technologies and how they tint our conceptualization of get off, neighborhood and physiologic presence.\r\nMobile Technologies on Place and Locality\r\nMobility is fundamentally associated with location (Farooq & group A; Carroll n.d.). The question that arises in connection with this is, how does location exact possibilities for the mobile user? Farooq and Carroll mentioned that location-based or place-based awargonness for the users can be augmented by the use of ball-shaped spatial relation System (GPS). The use of GPS provide for sure bring research possibilities and richer user interaction.\r\nAccording to the clause â€Å"Locality in the Age of Virtual Transcendence,” the tribe’s sustains of place, locale i n particular, are abjure with the idea of distance. It adds that locale is a â€Å"human-centric concept” which exhibits a spatial relationship between presence †a mobile, for example †and a â€Å"perceivably stationary place.”\r\n more thanover, since humans cannot be at to a greater extent than than one location at a experiencen time, this becomes an existential constraint. Today, however, we all puzzle transition into the practical(prenominal) extensions of the physical world.\r\nDue to the expert advances, temporal and spatial distances have been overcome. In fact, two subjects can dwell in the aforesaid(prenominal) place in sound and image despite the physical distance. They can share a virtual space through avatars (Internet user’s representation of her or him) and can rise to power physical spaces through webcams and broadcast broadcasts.\r\nThe article concluded that being at more than one location at the analogous time has risks. I t says that man’s need to conquer distance and break the boundaries of locality may mean the sledding of the possibility for transcendence (â€Å"Locality” n.d.).\r\nMeyrowitz (2004) agrees with this. He says that a person cannot occupy two places at the same time regardless of the sophistication the technologies offer. He adds that â€Å"the localness of experience is a constant.”\r\nThe concept of locality persists in our everyday lives. Our basic needs must be â€Å"met locally.” We are as well grateful for the local convenience stores when we need approximatelything.\r\nMeyrowitz (2004) mentions that although locality plays a role in the steering we finger the world, those entities that we sense are not nevertheless local. Why? It’s because media have extended our perceptual field. He furthered that with the rise of mobile and immobile technologies, the peck near us have less do work as they use technologies to interact with others who are more distant but still are local and accessible.\r\nMedia have similarly influenced us in a way that we perceive our community as not just the community but one of the mevery communities where we could live. Our locality, we realize, is not the center of the universe, nor our physical surroundings the nucleotide of our experiences (Meyrowitz 2004).\r\nWith the rise of mobile technologies, or those devices that we can remove just about and still be connected to the world, we have conquered the concept of place. We can always communicate with our families or friends no number where we are (as long as there is a signal).\r\nThis is probably one of the advantages of these mobile technologies. Unlike desktop computers, radios or bulky devices, handheld and portable ones such as cellular phones and laptop computers and iPods can be carried around and slightly can unconstipated do business while riding the train.\r\nThe sweet technologies have enable heap to share selective information with others who are in different localities. Imagine that long ago, we couldn’t have r apieceed the people who are in far localities in the same way we straightaway do. Mobile, and immobile, technologies have enabled us to have access on our families and friends no matter where we are or where they are.\r\nIn an article of O’Hara, Brown and Perry (2003), they believed that the concept of place in relation to mobility can afford various(a) possibilities for â€Å"ongoing configuration of relationships with other people, and even for do actions and for habitual action.”\r\nHowever, the configuration of place means more than just location. Technologies have important roles in do work possible for those mobile workers in different places, and devices such as mobile phone and networked laptop make these possible.\r\nThe authors in addition mentioned that mobile workers can convert any place, be it restaurants, cafes or bars, into places of work. The se leisure spaces become invaded by the mobile technologies. In fact, a testimonial to this is the ring of the mobile phone in any of these places (O’Hara, Brown & Perry 2003).\r\nIto (n.d.) mentioned that â€Å"place and locality is a technology-enabled achievement.” This is probably because with technologies in our hands, place and locality is not a hindrance. We can communicate, do business, and be entertained in places that seemed impossible in the first place.\r\nPerlman (2005) added that technologies have made the Internet to be anywhere. In fact, they can even bring the Internet into the streets. When we look around us, we see people h superannuateding phones where they can access the Internet, or typing in a laptop. Perlman also said that people used to just thinking webpage, but presently they can also take in them.\r\nHowever, Farooq and Carroll (n.d.) countered by saying that users of mobile technologies have no access to peers or resources compared t o desktop users. This is because mobile users are in a different contextual smear since everything within the environment has changed. The authors said that this usually leads to uncertainty, or heterogeneity. Moreover, mobile users of these technologies do not have a lot control over the configuration of their environment. Thus, they do not have much control on the way they manage work.\r\nPeople began to subscribe to these mobile technologies for whatever they’re worth. Today there are cellular phones that can function in tracking other person through location-awareness and presence. There are also phones that can receive information about that stand you want to buy through a transmitter. Moreover, some phones today have built-in global Positioning System (GPS) and outfitted with WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) technology. All of these are created to enhance communication or social networking or business (metalworker & Grubb 2004).\r\nMeyrowitz (2004) mentioned that th rough the electronic media (including the mobile technologies), people have become emotionally attach to certain places. Just think that long ago, when we are moving in some other locality, we miss our old place along with its people and places and the experiences we have collected there. But the media have helped us in a way that â€Å"we can now transport most of our nexus interactions with us wherever we go” (6).\r\nSmith and Grubb (2004) reported that consumers and businesses using location-aware computing will increase from 150,000 to 42 million in just trey years. This was brought about by the 1996 FCC mandate that requires mobile carriers to square off any subscriber making an emergency call to within 50 to 100 meters.\r\nThey added that through location-awareness and presence, both(prenominal) of which enable a device to be geographically located, the way people use networked services will still change. Moreover, designers of such technologies are obtaining ou t ways that location-awareness, mobility and presence can further purify each service and application so that they can offer their users superior experience.\r\nMobile Technologies on animal(prenominal) Presence\r\nThrough mobile technologies, one doesn’t really have to be with the person he communicates with just to talk with him or send him a message. This is one of the advantages offered by the mobile technologies. Today there are 3G (third generation) phones that enable someone to communicate with another while looking at that person on the phone. Several companies can also do a meeting while on different countries through a screen where they can see each other. It’s almost face to face.\r\nFarooq and Carroll (n.d.) believed that a sense of physical presence is associated with a common place wherein people meet and interact. But Harper, Goble and Pettitt (2004) argued that today, the virtual world tends to be more respected than the physical. They have mentioned that people are becoming too reliant on the ‘net’ because it is their gateway to other worlds or their way of communicating with remote people and a break out form of self-expression. Moreover, the focus on the virtual distorts our acquaintance in overestimating the importance of these technologies. As a result, the local environment becomes ignored when it comes to information giving.\r\nHarper, Goble and Pettitt (2004) added that the virtual and the physical must be connected because the latter is important to realize the full potential and importance of the virtual world. They also suggested that the ‘net’ and the mobile technologies must extend to to the users’ physical location and real-world artifacts to be able to beat at choices and decisions about what information will be useful or required.\r\nSmith and Grubb (2004) said that the design of the aspect of presence will bring changes in the way we use person-to-person communication media and will influence network service. For instance, when we roll in the hay the location of a family member in advance, it eliminates the need to send a voice call when the reason for calling is to find out that information.\r\nMoreover, if we go to bed the mood and activity of that person, we can determine the method of communication that is appropriate. Another example is that, if we want to call a friend just for a friendly chat, it would be get out to know first if he is not busy or in a bad mood. In the same way, if I need to contact an associate about an urgent business decision, I would like for him to know this urgency so that he can let me know what he thinks.\r\nFarooq and Carroll (n.d.) commented that handheld devices are now engrained in our everyday lives. But that would mean we should exact the existing application and how the standard will change with the emerging mobile technologies. They added that handheld technologies, which are also mobile in a sense, can creat e even better interactions and consequences for different users, whether they are in their homes or outside. This just shows that the addition of mobility to the various proficient devices will supply more channels of communication that are beyond the exchange of information.\r\nRheingold (2005), along with some friends, has interviewed several mobile technologies users, preferably those who use telephones. Their pursue showed that the people of Shibuya, particularly the teenagers, were very much into move text messages and ring tones and logos. In fact, they are called â€Å"the buck tribe” (Rheingold 2005).\r\nThe article also showed that the advent of mobile phones in Japan has freed youth in one way or another. It was mentioned that they are no lengthy constrained by the landline shared by inquisitive family members. Mobile phones have offered youth privacy, something the landline cannot give them. This is just one of the reasons why the mobile phones started an int ergenerational power shift in the country (Rheingold 2005).\r\nMore and more developments will arise that would further alter how we conceptualize place, locality and physical presence. One thing is for sure: these technological developments are there to help us in making our lives easier and giving us richer experiences. However, as these technological advancements cannot be avoided and must be embraced to realize their full potential, users must bear in mind that they must still appreciate and give importance to the things that would somehow affect them. It is still better to go visit and see our friends and families no matter how far they are and despite that mobile phone in our pockets. And it is still better to treasure the places and the locality that have been a part of our lives.\r\nReferences\r\nThe Beginnings of Communication. N.d. Swinburne University of Technology.\r\nFarooq, U. & Carroll, J.M. n.d. Mobilizing fraternity Networks. Center for Human figurer Interacti on, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic and State University.\r\nHarper, S., Goble, C., & Pettitt, S. 7 April 2004, ‘ law of proximity: Walking the Link.’ Journal of Digital Information, Vol. 5, Issue 1, viewed 31 October 2007, .\r\nIto, Mizuko. Network Localities: Identity, Place and Digital Media, viewed 31 October 2007, <http://www.itofisher.com/ stack/mito/locality.pdf>.\r\nGlobe Newspaper Company. 2006, The Art of Mobile Technology, viewed 31 October 2007 from Boston.com site.\r\nLocality in the Age of Virtual Transcendence. N.d. Viewed 31 October 2007 from Between Man and Place, <http://mâ€aâ€p.net/curatorial.html>.\r\nMeyrowitz, Joshua 2004, The come of Glocality: New Senses of Place and Identity in the Global Village.\r\nO’Hara, K., Brown, B. & Perry, M. Mobile Work, 2003, Technology and Place. 18:08\r\nRheingold, Howard 20, July 2005, The Next Social Revolution. Swinburne University of Technology. Basic Books.\ r\nSmith S. & Grubb J. 2004, Location and Presence in Mobile information Services, viewed 31 October 2007 from Boxesandarrows site: <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/   view/location_and_presence_in_mobile_data_services>.\r\n \r\n'