Acceptance of Converged Mobile Phones Among Users in Malaysia

International Journal of Social Communication Sciences

مقاله 4، دوره 01، شماره 01، شهریور 2011، صفحه 31-40   

نوع مقاله: Scientific-research

چکیده

The main challenge in mobile technology design is no longer how to develop handheld devices with the necessary data processing power, but rather the many different and innovative ways of using and interacting with technology when users are on the move. With media convergence, new forms of media use have emerged: users can enhance a media encounter by controlling the streams of information and have the ability to interact with not only the media itself, but also the content provider and other users. Malaysia, like any developing country has always been very responsive to the latest developments in the media and the Malaysian government has implemented various development plans as well as promoting human development, especially in today’s environment of social and economic change. Malaysia is the second highest mobile penetration in South East Asia after Singapore and it has 28 million mobile phone users, which is a penetration, rate of 1.1 phones per citizen. In addition around one third of Malaysian is 3G subscribers by 2010 and youth people are among the heavy users. The mobile phone is viewed as an important communication tool and has become an integral part of the Malaysian society. As Malaysia is seeking to its aim to be a developed country in near future, so easy accessibility to information and communication technologies are considered as an important criterion for a developed country. Based on different studies, it is concluded that the development of convergence mobile devices are accepted by Malaysian users and the increasing in the number of mobile users and 3G subscribers with high penetration rate show the positive position of modern facilities and new technologies in this country.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Communication technologies؛ development؛ Malaysia؛ mobile convergence؛ mobile user