These are fun mobile times let me tell you!
June 7th, 2009 by tokyosoonToday’s mobile phones are extremely advanced compared to before. You probably remember our phones’ heavy, pricey ancestors of the 90s.
People were forced to walk around with heavy back packs which had the cell phones nested in them. A single minute would cost 3$ and sometimes more. Back during those days you had to be part of the elite circle in order to own one.
Fortunately for us, things tend to change rapidly. The average cell phone of today is super light and extremely cheap. They’ve become so accessible that it’s not unusual to see children who own them.
We need to thank the competitive corporate spirit for today’s low prices. The more companies compete with each other in price and quality the less we pay. Another big factor was the price of the mobile networks. Wired land lines cost more to build and maintain than their cellular counterparts. This is why cell phone usage is said to explode in third world countries that don’t have existing land lines. This is the reason why many people predict a boom of cell phone use in developing countries.
With this said there are some iffy points related to cell phone use. A good example of a bad cell phone features which need more attention is vulnerability to SMS spam and ring tone download ploys. An added danger comes in the form of sophisticated reverse look ups. Since some of them allow you to trace the person to his or her exact location. Before you were only able to get the name and the address, but now you can pin point locations with a click of a button.
Many technology gurus predict that the personal cell phone will soon look a lot more like a personal computer. Mr. Jobs of apple computers has stated that people will soon ditch computers for their cell phones. It doesn’t look too far fetched considering that we can already exchange emails and visit web-sites using the mobile phones. The number of available software bundles for apples cell phones keeps getting bigger and bigger. As more and more developers get involved we will see even more amazing features. It looks like in a decade from now, people will regards today’s phones as ancient Aztec technology. That’s pretty scary huh?