The Impact of Smartphone to Taylors Student

(Background Studies)

Technology has seen an immense expansion on smartphones and communication gadgets. In Malaysias telecommunication industry, mobile phone sales continue to rise and the sales occupied about 66% of consumers electronic spending in the year 2010 and by the year 2015 it was estimated to reach 40 million users (Business Monitor International, 2011).
Most of the mobile phones are now known as smartphone because they provide more advanced functions, processing power and connectivity than a conventional mobile phone (Osman, Sabudin, Osman,& Tan, 2011).

No doubt, smartphone is a tool that has the power to make its user master of his or her own region of the digital world. But, as is true for most tools, the smartphone is a dual-sided blade, and it can cut its consumer as much as helping them (Tam News, 2011). Nevertheless, smartphones have made lives of people much easier and it is becoming increasingly important
for most individuals. A study by Google and IPSOS Research in 2011 shows that one out of three smartphone users would rather give up television than giving up their smartphones because the smartphones are now as important as keys and purses and it is hard for users to leave home without smartphones (NST, 2011). The survey also reveals that on a daily basis, 43% of smartphone users surfs the Internet through their devices and 58% of them access information using their smartphones first before using their computers. (NST, 2011). However, excessive reliance on smartphones is an easy rut to fall into, since the device can do almost everything. This is a bad way to reckon the technology near at hand to us.

Based on a study carry out by Nokia, the main target markets for mobile consumer are students from the age range of 19 to 25 years (Chen Hu et al, 2005). The hand phone user survey conducted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission in 2010

claimed that 53.3% of smartphone users in Malaysia are college and university student. (MCMC, 2012). There are a few researches done previously to identify the impact of smartphones on students education. However, there is only minimal and less detailed research conducted on students from higher education institutions. It creates gaps in knowledge. Hence in this paper, we will be covering the impact of smartphone to Taylors students.

Refference 1. Tam News (2011). The Impact of smartphones on student lifes. Retrieved from
http://thetamnews.org/2011/09/editorial-the-impact-of-smartphones-on-student-life/ 2. NST (2011, October 31). TRENDS: Power of mobile Internet. Retrieved fromhttp://www.nst.com.my/life-times/tech/trends-power-of-mobile-internet-1.596 3. MCMC (2012). Hand phone user survey 2010. Retrieved from http://www.skmm.gov.my/attachment/Resources/HPUS%202010.pdf. 4. Osman, M.A., Sabudin, M., Osman, A., & Tan, S.Y. (2011). Consumer Behaviorstoward Usage of Smartphone in Malaysia. 2011 International Conference onSoftware and Computer Applications, 9, 158-164. 5. Business Monitor International (2011). Malaysia Telecommunications Report, (2011), London: Business Monitor International. 6. Chen.Hu., Yeh. Jyh-H, Hung-J.C. and W.L. Chung, 2005. Internet-Enabled Mobile Handheld Devices for Mobile Commerce, Contemporary Management Research, 1(1): 13-34.