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Communication Methods (Telephone (Advantages
You can call anyone…
Communication Methods
Telephone
Advantages
- You can call anyone anywhere on the planet
- No specialist equipment needed most people have a telephone
Disadvantages
- Surrounding noises, interference can affect the quality of the call
2 The person must be able to take the phone call, must have the device
Examples:
iPhone and Samsung phone
Examples of formatting phone numbers:
domestic: (541) 754-3010
US: 1-541-754-3010
Scenarios:
If you want to inform someone quickly about something, for example if you wanted to let your parents know that you landed but you have to quickly go somewhere else
Hardware required:
Just a telephone that is able to connect to signals, speaker, microphone, network required or credit
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Video Conferencing
Disadvantages
- High bandwith required to required to send/receive high quality images
- Lag between conversations can disturb flow of conversation
Advantages
- Saving Travel costs
- Seeing the person may give you important visual clues that aren't available in phone calls
Hardware required: speakers, microphone, screen, network connection
Scenarios:
When someone important is absent in a meeting, on the other side of the world. Used in businesses especially.
Examples:
Click meeting, Join. me and skype premium
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Airdrop
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Scenarios
When you want to share a reasonable amount of files effectively and quickly locally, to your peers. Usually a classroom.
Disadvantages
- Can't share with different devices either has to be between mac to mac or phone to phone
- Can't share with other platforms e.g Windows between apple
- Have to be on a local private sever, and
usually very close to the other device you wish to share it to
Hardware required, something to release bluetooth, a connecting device- meeting system requirements, internet connection
Advantages
- Does not require to put info, email, will automatically connect and the devices will pop up
- Can send files and videos
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Emailing
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Disadvantages:
- The attached emails may contain viruses
- You may have to wait a while to receive the messages, unlike texting
World scenario where it would be ideal:
For work, when you have to send a email to a group of people attached with some images.
Advantages:
- Emails are free to send , as long as you have an email account and are connected to the internet
- Multiple copies of the same email can be sent to multiple group of people
- You can send a fair amount of files, documents and images with it
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Hardware required:
Mail sever, client and host. You will probally need a keyboard, mouse or just touch screen to be able to type the text and add images/files
Audio Conferencing
Real life scenario:
You have to say something important and you want to say it with your voice, not with text message.
Advantages:
- you get immediate feedback to what you say
- you cam call someone anywhere on the planet
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Disadvantages:
- the words that you say might be misheard and misunderstood
- you have to pay for every minute of talking
Hardware required for calling: 
Texting (IM)
Advantages
- you can have a conversation without being overheard
- most of the messages get read immediately
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Disadvantages:
- the number of characters is limited
- it can take time to write the message
Hardware required for texting:
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Electronic Faxing
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Advantages:
- low cost
- no need for scanner
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Disadvantages:
- its not portable
- poor quality files
Hardware required for electronic faxing: