Technology is such an integral part of our lives today that
we often do not realise the huge impact it has on us daily. Be it email, social
networks, messaging, video chats or whatever, the fact is that our daily
activities are governed by our access to technology which unlimits our access
to the world around us. And in this tryst with technology, our medium for
accessing today is none other than our trusted mobile device.
Yes, the very mobile phone which has taken the form of the
savvy smartphone has become the most important asset that we possess for most
of our daily activities today. More and more people are going for smartphones
today ditching features phones to access the options available through the means
of internet and technology. The advent of the culture of professionalism in
lieu of the traditional laid back government jobs that have dominated our
attitude for the past many decades has been heralded by the coming of the
mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, etc which has made the internet an
almost essential component such as water supply or electricity.
In the last few decades, some people in the urban scenarios
were seen with devices like pagers for their work purposes but they never
really got popular beyond a point. While desktop computers brought Indians
closer to the world in terms of technology, it was really the popularity of the
portable laptop over the last decade that revolutionised how Indians access
technology. Thankfully, India witnessed an internet revolution in the last ten
years in the urban centres that changed the face of the country’s professional
and technical scenario. Easy access to internet through various service
providers and the role played by portable laptops brought people of this
country join the proverbial global village that technology had built up across
the world in the last couple of decades. While mobile phones largely remained a
device for primary communication such as making calls and messaging, it was
really the advent of the smartphone that made it into the powerful device that
it has become today.
While the credit for making the smartphone a savvy device
goes largely to the legendary Steve Jobs and Apple, in India the revolution was
brought in Google’s Android devices. Indians, who had already gotten hooked
onto the search engine, now found the Android OS from the same company as a
powerful platform to explore the vast world of internet. Suddenly, the mobile
phone was no longer a means to just make calls or send messages. It became a
medium of multimedia that could not explored in earlier mediums and made
Indians experience technology like never before. So be it social networking,
video chatting, on phone editing and what not, the smartphone has become the plaything
of the average tech savvy urban Indian today which makes him or her empowered
to achieved several feats on touch
screen platform.
While Android was around for the first couple of years in
the Indian markets during the turn of 2010, the devices did not hit instant
popularity as they were highly priced. It wasn’t until the game changing advent
of the Indian vendors such Micromax, Xolo and Lava that the smartphones reached
out to the hands of the middle class Indians. The widespread popularity of these
devices forced the more lucrative brands to rethink their strategy and today
some of the best brands with great features are available at the most
competitive prices. The competition among these various brands, be they foreign
or Indian, has sparked off the smartphone revolution that has engulfed most of
the urban youth in its grip.
The smartphone revolution has resulted in the mobile device
becoming a means to express yourself in the most diverse way possible. The
presence of the online stores in mobile OS platforms like Android and iOS has
brought in several options for the users as they can download various apps for
free that help in their daily work in various ways. Many professionals do
several of their editing works on their mobile devices, be it smartphones or
tablets. The scope for net banking or online share trading has also increased
significantly on the mobile devices that make such work very easy for
professionals while being on the move.
While the urban centres of the country seem to have embraced
the smartphone revolution with open arms, the smartphone is slowly making
inroads into the rural centres as well. This is the sector that has been
untapped and has great potential to use technology to overcome most of the
problems that have plagued villages for so many years now. While it is
heartening to see people from the lower strata of life in the urban centres
using smartphone in their daily lives, it is only a matter of time before the
same scenario is seen among the people in the urban sector as well. The
presence of internet and technology can open up a lot of options for the rural
people and bridge the gap with the urban folks that can go a long way in
bringing in a semblance in the development of both sides. The current
government’s policies like Digital India is also taking the internet and
smartphone revolution in the right direction.
The world is making most of internet and technology today.
We Indians must not lag behind in this regard, be it in the rural or urban
sector. The smartphone can play a pivotal role in making this dream a success
and we must grab it with both hands.
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