Process Memo
The process required to design the features of a customized Smartphone for children emerged because of the rising demand concerning ownership of a customized device, which meets their preferences. Over the recent past, technology has led to a number of inventions that make life easy. Among the inventions that have made life and communication easy is the Smartphone, which comes in numerous varieties, designs, and types. Formerly, parents and young adults owned and used the Smartphone.
However, the recent development where children request for the gadgets has raised concern from various individuals in the society. With the advancements in technology and creation of Smartphone, the number of children, who are requesting for the gadgets, is on the rise.
The factor that compounds the rising demand is the increasing significance of the gadget in the modern world. As a result, there is need to develop a Smartphone, which meets the growing demand from the parents and children. It is within this context that the study examines the best Smartphone for children using a process memo, systematic instructions, and a progress report.
The rising demand for the Smartphone took place because of the benefits that it has for both the parents and the children. In essence, the gadget facilitates effective communication between the parent and the child. By providing a platform where children and parents communicate in a convenient manner, cases that require urgent attention receive simultaneous responses from the subject individuals, who may include trainers, guardians, or parents.
Moreover, the gadgets are very useful in fostering the level of information that the children have on matters that relate to education. It is vital to explain that effective management and use of the gadget results in increased expertise and skills that improve the knowledge of children concerning certain subjects and concepts, which are educational. As a result, a customized Smartphone is very important in boosting the performance of children in various institutions of learning.
In addressing the rising demand and the benefits that a Smartphone has on human lives, there is need to develop one that serves the interest of children, while minimizing the negative impacts. Poor time management, insufficient sleep, and drug abuse are some of the common challenges associated with ineffective use and management of the phones by children.
To reduce the challenges and enhance its importance, the Smartphone should follow a design that enables the children to use it conveniently in matters that boost their education and performance.
Additionally, the gadget needs to have features that match the demands presented by children. Since the phones are useful for children, its instructions and use must be easy, convenient, and the pricing should be slightly lower than that of others. In essence, the customized Smartphone not only minimizes the negative impacts that arise because of poor management and control, but also reduces the vulnerability of children to cyber crimes.
Some of the major factors to consider when designing the gadget include clarity of instructions, limited access to the internet, and customized features. It is important to note that since the gadget has a design that meets the increasing demand from children, its instructions, accessibility, and features should address the concerns raised by parents, guardians, or trainers. Clarity of instructions is a factor that helps the elders understand the gadget and easily manage its use.
Moreover, it facilitates effective use from children and reduces cases where they become confused due to unclear or complex instructions. To minimize the problems related to cyber crimes and access to illegal or unethical sites, the product follows a design that inhibits access to these suspicious sites.
Conversely, the gadget should access sites that have educational content and features that promote good behavior. The phone has customized features that ease its use and operation from both children and the parents. Evidently, wise use and management of a Smartphone designed for kids has benefits that outweigh its negative impacts.
Systematic Instruction Manual for the Consumers or End-users
The Smartphone has various features that are suitable for young adults and children. These features are limited unlike those found in the common Smartphone used by adults. Some of the features that the gadget has include a camera, a good LCD screen, android operating system, a long lasting battery, a good music player, and a beautiful appearance.
The following are systematic instructions for the consumers or end-users of the Smartphone designed for children
Installing
After purchasing the Smartphone designed for children, the first procedure that a parent or guardian needs to undertake is installation. Installation of the device entails assembling the parts of the gadget together and putting them in their rightful places so that the device becomes complete and useful. It is paramount to highlight that installation requires attention so that the person performing it does not tamper with the parts, and thus, interfere with its functionality.
For instance, installation of the battery requires one to remove the back cover of the phone carefully by sliding it as indicated by the arrow on the cover. Thereafter, the individual has to align the battery with the copper contacts and push it in gently. In addition, when inserting the memory card, the user removes the back cover and ensures that the gold contacts are facing downwards. The person then pushes the card until it clicks into the right position. It is very important for an individual to switch off the phone before installation.
Switching On
The second procedure after proper installation is the process of switching on the Smartphone. To turn on the phone, one has to press the power button, which is usually at the bottom right part of the device. Initially, the phone requires some adjustments on issues such as time, date, and internet connection.
To ease operation and use on aspects of internet connectivity, the device provides a range of procedures that succeed one another and the users have to accept them by pressing the ‘ok’ button that is at the bottom centre. Fundamentally, when pressing the buttons, it is crucial to ensure that the act is gentle so that the buttons are not spoilt.
Use and Operation
After installation and turning on the phone, one has to understand the issues concerning its use and operation. Essentially, use and operation is the third procedure and is very important in ensuring that the life cycle of the device is elongated. When the individuals have a poor understanding on the use of the device, they can tamper with its functionality, and thus, shorten its lifecycle.
The phone has the front, back, top, and bottom panels, which have different parts designed for diverse purposes. At the front panel of the phone, there is the earpiece, call button, power button, and icons that indicate features such as trackball, home, and search. These features are very important in successful use of the Smartphone. The back panel of the phone has the speakers and the camera. At the sides of the phone, there are buttons that the children can use to control the volume that it produces.
The upper part of the phone has a standard USB port that enables the children to transfer files and charge it. Additionally, the lower part of the device has an audio jack that helps the user insert an external earpiece and listen to music or engage in hands free conversations. The call button helps the users access their contacts and make calls. Notably, the power button is very important in terminating calls, switching on, and turning off the device. Moreover, when one presses the back icon, the device returns back to its previous state.
The search button enables one to look for items and contacts quickly and conveniently. Additionally , the home icon displays all the features that the phone has and helps the children locate what they want from the various features availed by the phone. To scroll the contents on the screen, the user can employ the services provided by the trackball feature of the Smartphone.
Storage of Information
Since the Smartphone is a product that meets the demands of children and young adults, collection and storage of information is one of its vital elements. While the phone comes with its own internal memory of 4GB, it still supports an additional memory of up to 10GB. The implication of high internal memory and an additional capacity for external memory through components such as memory cards is increased performance, high speed in internet access, and improved functionality.
As a result, children can use the phone to collect and store important information from the internet and other external sources like computers. The ability to collect information from external sources like computers is possible since the Smartphone has a USB extension that users can plug into the gadgets. It is very fundamental for parents and guardians to ensure that the information collected and stored by their children in their phones is ethical and educational.
Power Management
The customized Smartphone for children has a lithium-ion battery that comes along with it. It is important to assert that proper use and maintenance of the battery leads to a long life and good power storage. When inserting the battery, one needs to align it with the copper contacts. Essentially, children should be discouraged from frequent removal of the batteries because the act increases the chances of tampering with them. Importantly, individuals need to know that the manufacturers do not charge the batteries.
Therefore, the users need to charge the batteries before their first use as it increases their efficiency and power storage. When charging, the phone indicates the percentage of power that it requires to attain a full charge and the bars in the battery icon add up until it attains a full charge. The user must plug the AC adapter into the port found at the upper part of the phone and connect it to a power supply for charging. Remarkably, the users should not remove the device when it is charging and must use adapters specially designed for the phone.
Maintenance of the Smartphone
Maintenance of the Smartphone is among the major procedures that are useful in its effective use and long life. A poorly maintained Smartphone always has a short lifecycle and is ineffective. Maintenance involves cleaning, effective battery and memory card removal and placement, as well as screen management. Since the main consumers of the Smartphone are children, its manufacture follows a design that is waterproof and durable.
The touch screen is hard and cannot break easily thus, minimizing instances of breakages that arise from accidental falls common in children. However, the phones require frequent cleaning, which entails wiping the screen and the body using a moist and clean piece of cloth.
In addition, the battery and the memory card needs careful removal and placement in order to sustain the performance of the device. To elongate the power storage of the phone, trainers, guardians, and parents must encourage their children to turn off the screens when their devices are not in use. The act of turning off the screen not only minimizes use of power, but also helps in its maintenance.
Switching Off the Smartphone
For effective use, successful maintenance, and improved performance of the device, users need to switch them off when they are not in active use. Switching off the device not only helps in storage of power, but also facilitates successful maintenance. Moreover, guardians, parents, and teachers need to exercise the switching off procedure since it helps the children undertake other activities.
The procedure is useful as it helps the elders control the time that the children spent with their phones, and hence, minimizes some of the negative impacts that arise from long hours spent using the device.
Challenges such as inadequate sleep and laziness that are common when there is absence of control in use of phones by children diminish. Parents, guardians, and trainers can set certain periods when the children can access their phones and use them and periods when they must switch them off. Imperatively, switching off is the last procedure that one undertakes on the device.
Progress Report
The process of designing the Smartphone and a manual that helps the end-users or consumers understand its use and operations has been successful. Since the people entrusted with the activity have the relevant expertise in the field, the process is beginning to yield a range of positive results. Presumably, the process is likely to attain its successful completion within the provided timeframe and budget.
The positive outcomes relate to the increasing demand from parents and children to have a Smartphone that meets their preferences in line with use and convenience.
Since the manual is comprehensive, systematic, and detailed, several end-users want to see and read it as they use the customized Smartphone. From the field, it is evident that several common devices have complex instructions that consumers especially young adults and children cannot understand.
In addition, the devices do not have customized features that are in accordance with the requirements of parents and children. Therefore, introduction of a customized Smartphone for children and the design of good and systematic manuals prove to be very essential and give the best results within the provided budget and time.