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The Wonderful Future Of Cell Phones |
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The popularity of the mobile phones is constantly on the
rise like a snow ball. There are numerous reasons for that
and they are well beyond mere communicating with each other.
The development of the cell phones and technology in the
past decade along with social and cultural processes as well
as sharp decrease in prices contributed to their phenomenon
success.
Cell phones have long become a symbol of status as well as
a fashion statement. Some manufacturers have started to produce
special designed phones for women. Other models are designed
with interchangeable facades to cater for the youngsters.
A lot of young people are transferring their instant-messaging
habits to their cell phones.
The integration of so many different functionalities and
technologies into the cell phones is more impressive and beneficial
than the all-in-one office devices that integrated a scanner,
a copier, a fax and a printer into a single compact space
saving multifunctional machine.
The current generation of G-2.5 technology as well as the
very near future G-3 units that are starting to emerge right
now will carry in it so many functions which are mind blowing.
These new Cell phones are going to be a multimedia center,
a mobile office, a navigation device GPS (Global Positioning
system), a computer with fast Internet access, a text messenger,
a high resolution camera and video, a watch, a calculator,
a PDA, an MP3 music player, TV and a Wallet! Yes, we will
be able to pay with it for things we today pay with coins
like vending soda or coffee machines as well as for parking
space, trains and buses tickets etc’. It has become our
“Swiss Army Knife”...
In Israel they used the cell phone to send SMS message and
approval for one dollar donation payment for needy children.
I guess that in the future it will be a legitimate tool for
voting in contests and may be even in Elections.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, an executive for a wireless
company noted that “in Slovakia, people are using mobile
phones to remotely switch on the heat before they return home,”
and in Norway, “1.5 million people can confirm their
tax returns” using cell phone short text messaging services.
Paramedics use camera phones to send ahead to hospitals pictures
of the incoming injuries; “in Britain, it is now commonplace
for wireless technology to allow companies to remotely access
meters or gather diagnostic information.” Construction
workers on-site can use cell phones to send pictures to contractors
off-site. Combined with the individual use of cell phones—to
make appointments, locate a friend, check voicemail messages,
or simply to check in at work—cell phones offer peoplean
unknown level of convenience. (Source: The New Atlantis –
Article by Christine Rosen).
Other interesting applications are providing a locating service
of your friends, or in other words if one of your friends
is very close to where you are right now an SMS massage can
alert you of this fact.
Cell phones and Dating Services
Several companies now offer a way to flirt and meet people
anonymously. These services offer cell-to-cell texting and
PC-to-cell texting. (Text-messaging phones also can receive
messages sent over the Internet from a PC.) Companies including
UPOC (Universal Point of Contact) and SMS.ac allow users to
fill out a profile as they would at any dating service (some
dating sites are dabbling with texting) and then search for
an ideal match. Profiles can include photos and can be accessed
either with a picture-enabled cell phone or through a PC.
Say you want to meet a 20- to 30-year-old man in Kentucky
who is interested in hiking. Do a search and three names pop
up. You can send one a text message without ever exposing
your phone number
Cell phones as safety device
One of the main reasons the cell phones have become so wide
spread nowadays is that besides convenience it is perceived
as a security and safety aid, Parents provide their children
with mobile phones in order to track their whereabouts, to
make sure they arrived safely to their destinations, to give
them a mobile phone to report in real time when in any sort
of trouble. Many women feel much safer in the street knowing
they can call for help when in need.
About the Author:
Amit Laufer is a Writer & Internet Marketer. MBA - International
Trade & Finance. Bsc. Computers and Information Systems.
Hobby: Photography. Married with two Children. Owner Editor
of: www.cell-phones-infoweb.com
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