We live in a world of instant communication. Mobile devices are great resources for digital media communication and other sources of entertainment. Any media within the World Wide Web is considered digital media. Most of the phones on production lines today have internet capabilities. The most popular Internet based mobile devices are the iPhone and iTouch. Between the iPhone and iTouch, each user has the potential to download almost unlimited apps every month, of varying types; games, shopping list makers, bill trackers, social networking, and more. With all this connectivity there are endless possibilities for exactly what limits are out there. There is emerging technology coming out everyday, like the new ipad for Verizon. The ipad has been a popular device, and it's popularity is still growing, much like the iphone-Mac came out with the new iphone last june and there's really no telling what will be next.
If we take ourselves back in time to World War 2 time, news took much longer to travel. People relied on word of mouth and the newspaper, now we rely on twitter and facebook. Emerging media, including twitter is keeping us connected, but will this soon be a case of 'over exposure'? I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we see the effects of being so connected. Just by looking around we can see the good and bad sides of this digital era. People spend hours already on computers, whether for work, school or play; but with games such as 'farmville' (a popular facebook game) it is eating up more time we could be doing other things such as grow a real garden, or take a walk in the fresh air.
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