Modern Cell Phones Are More than Just Talk
The world has come a long way since Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone, that’s for sure. From the hand crank to rotary dial to push button the phone has evolved and then evolved again. Even the first cell phones just a couple of decades ago resemble exhibits in a museum of ancient inventions compared to the sleek styles of today. Those early phones were used by the very wealthy or kept in a vehicle for emergencies only. Who would have imagined that cell phones would someday become such an essential part of life and used for so much more than just emergency phone calls?
In fact, phone calls are just a small part of what today’s cell phones are capable of. Text messages, email, Internet access, mp3 music playing, a built-in camera and even TV can all be accessed with your cell phone. Some cell phones today even have a complete QWERTY keyboard and can run many computer programs; in fact you can almost consider them a mini-laptop computer. Need directions? Just pick up your cell phone and navigation is at your fingertips. Want to know what movies are playing and the show times? A 411 operator will give you a quick rundown and you don’t even have to wait on the line listening to the whole recording (then missing the one you really wanted to hear because someone interrupts you at that exact moment and you have to listen to the whole thing again!)
In the case of an emergency cell phones save lives. Whether it is a traffic accident or you are being attacked on a dark street, your cell phone can reach emergency personnel and can be used to track your location. There was even a story of a missing woman who had gone off the road and was on the side of a cliff for days, her cell phone signal led to her safe recovery and without it she would never have been found; at least not alive. Even if your cell phone service is turned off, your cell phone will still be able to call 911 and get help for you. That is why you should never throw your old cell phones away; they can be donated at any police station and be given to victims of domestic violence to help give them protection.
It is hard to imagine life without cell phones now that they have become such an integral part of our lives. It is also difficult to imagine what new features cell phones in the future will have since they already do so much. Judging from the advancements made so far, however, you can be sure that the cell phone will continue to evolve and add value to the user’s life. Whether you want to watch the news, ask your spouse to bring home a loaf of bread on their way home from work or be protected in dangerous situations your cell phone is on the job.
Cell phones are obviously the future for technology growth. The only question is, what will be next?
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How do cell phones tell time?Let's say I have a Verizon cell phone, my friend has a Sprint cell phone, and my other friend has a Cingular cell phone. We all have the same area code. Is there a way to know if the three phones will tell the same time without actually putting them side-by-side and comparing them? Do cell phones use a cell tower to get their time? What do cell towers use? Do the various major carriers all use the same source to set their clocks?
Thank you for the answer re: networks recording when calls are made. Do all networks (e.g., Verizon and Cingular) synchronize off the same time source? Is this something regulated by the Government?
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hmmmmmmmmm, good question!….I guess, they just wanna look cool!!
I have never used a motorola razor so I can not give a direct comparison , but I have used a lot of other phones. I can recommend the iPhone. My iPhone has changed my life and I love it.
My recommendation is a iPhone.
To me, informal chatter between friends on a cell phone is not a marker for intelligence, civility or the ability to multitask.
Many people do emphasize the wrong tasks as primary when they are presented with a multitasking situation.
We just need to teach people the nuances and priorities involved in successfully completing more than one task at a time.
It's not a lack of ability, it is a lack of proper training.
*laughs*
Actually, thinking about it, my phone was made in South Korea (Samsung) so why would the US trust an overseas nation to make this oh-so-important security item (for the US FBI)? And do you really think that phones work when they are turned off and out of battery… and a GPS locater and a microphone (in every modern cell phone), it would take too much money. Way too much money.
I agree, what is this doing in Books & Authors?
Eternity, by Dreams Come True? It's really pretty, but probably a bit too happy.
The Crystal Ship, by The Doors might work.
Why Should the Fire Die, Nickel Creek…
Oh, Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright or Jeff Buckley would really be good!
haha, love it
To track a GPS phone you must contact the service provider and ask them to track this phone. Then the pohne company send out a tracking request to that phone.
The person who has this phone must accept the tracking request then the location can ba found.
The phone must be on and someone with the phone must accept the request.
I like the good parts of American culture. We have our problems, but name me one country that doesn't have problems. you have to give credit to the only people on earth that even its poorest persons in this county can be fat as well? being fat was a sign in the olden days of being rich. Good luck with your hate of America.
Okay this is absolutely false, the phones itself have a protective covering in plastic, and electricity and plastic dont pass charges secondly, it would only be bad for the phone, it drains the cells in the battery when you do that, it will not hold a charge. I think the only way that would happen would be if you dropped it in the tub of water with you. But then there are modern techological things that do prevent things from electrocuting you when in water.