Mobile technologies are transforming the ways in which we conceptualise place, locality and physical presence. Discuss.

MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

We are indeed living in a very fast-paced world . Everything seems to be found on the World Wide Web , communication is instant , and there are countless of technologies developed that would make our lives easier These technologies , or most of them , aimed to make the world connected so that communication is possible beyond distance , space , location or time

The history of communication would show us the developments and significance of communication in our everyday lives . The need for an efficient communication has led to the technologies that make

communication faster . From messengers as a way to deliver the message in the old times to telegraphs and to telephones in the present time communication has gone a long way . But the fact is that it didn 't stop there . Today , we can communicate through the vast choices of technologies such as cellular phones , pagers and computers

Further developments continue until today . These technologies have become mobile , meaning we can communicate with others , conduct business and be entertained on the go without being confined to one place , as is the case with desktops (Farooq Carroll n .d . Thus , we call them mobile technologies

Many studies were conducted about different mobile technologies that can be offered to consumers . One thing those studies have in common is that they showed how important these technologies became , as shown by the demand for them . One significant aspect of mobile technologies is in the area of business . One does not really have to be in his office in front of the computer when conducting business . Even when he eats lunch , he can tie a deal with just a few clicks on his phone or palmtop

It is important to note that with the rise of these mobile technologies certain things have changed . One example is how we conceptualize things such as place , locality and physical presence . This will try to delve into the role and importance of these mobile technologies and how they affect our conceptualization of place , locality and physical presence

Mobile Technologies on Place and Locality

Mobility is fundamentally associated with location (Farooq Carroll n .d . The question that arises in connection with this is , how does location bring possibilities for the mobile user ? Farooq and Carroll mentioned that location-based or place-based awareness for the users can be augmented by the use of Global Positioning System (GPS . The use of GPS will surely bring research possibilities and richer user interaction

According to the article Locality in the Age of Virtual Transcendence ' the people 's experiences of place , locale in particular , are bound with the idea of distance . It adds that locale is a human-centric concept ' which exhibits a spatial relationship between presence - a mobile , for example - and a perceivably stationary place

Moreover , since humans cannot be at more than one location at a given time , this becomes an existential constraint . Today , however , we all experience transition into the virtual extensions of the physical world . Due to the technological advances , temporal and spatial...