E-Networking

Taking into consideration the 21st century is characterized by continuous socio-economic development, accurate marketing vision and advanced communication abilities represent a sine qua non condition of lifestyle and business success.


The Computer, mobile phone, and World Wide Web represent the strengths of the new age. They are indeed revolutionary inventions of the human mind, because they reduce time and distances and create another dimension of our lives - the virtual one. Today the mobile phone, computer, and internet are indispensable: we can communicate with people located thousands of miles away. Moreover, business companies and institutions are facilitated by the introduction of all information in databases through the World Wide Web - a vast world of information and communication; any book or Landmark database can be accessed within seconds. The virtual world is the place where people can design the mental, visual and physical illusion- anywhere they can imagine.


In the future it will be difficult to make any distinction between the performance of a computer or laptop and of a cell phone. For greater mobility, we certainly prefer a "hybrid" to replace the computer, which at the same time can function as a phone, camcorder, camera, GPS or audio player.


If in the past mobile phones were used only for calls and text messages, nowadays, they are seen as replacements for laptops. The new generation of mobile phones allows individuals to have access to a multitude of services such as the Internet, chat, software programmes, processing documents and multimedia applications. Taking into consideration new facilities of a mobile phone, a laptop might become almost useless.


But can a mobile phone replace a laptop by having the same advantages a laptop has for people? More often, people are looking to have access to their email, favourite music and movies everywhere they are traveling. This is why it is considered that the size of a laptop might be a disadvantage for portability assuming that it is heavier than a mobile phone. As a response of this, new laptop have become more compact and lighter in weight, and have been added better qualities with regard to processor and memory. Mobile phones, on the other hand, have only a limited storage capacity.


Furthermore, watching a movie or writing a document of thousands of words, can be hard to follow on a small phone screen and also frustrating. Moreover, it is not considered to be as ergonomic as a laptop.


For people who work as architects, engineers or filmmakers it is impossible to do their work on a mobile device. They need to have access to a professional resolution, to see the project both in detail and as a whole and for most of them a touchpad or a mouse is a vital tool.


The computer should be used so as to seek the acquisition of some knowledge and training of skills enabling students to adapt to the requirements of a company in permanent evolution, the computer being considered an agent of change in education.