Cellphones, Hand Phones, Mobile Phones
Cellphones, hand phones, mobiles or wireless phones, they all refer to the same mobile communication technology designating the same concept. Although initially designed to support the standard voice functions specific to a regular phone, such devices have increased their complexity in time, receiving more and more additional services and accessories. Thus, a whole range of other functions are available: besides normal messeging, you can get instant SMS, listen to the radio, watch TV, check your email, play games, browse the web, access the GPS, take photos or shoot videos with the inbuilt camera and so on. Wireless phones are really jam-packed with features, some more complex than the others.
Martin Cooper, the Motorola researcher is acclaimed as the father of the wireless phones. The first cellular network ever launched in a city was NTT in Japan, as early as 1979. Only in the mid-eighties were the first automatic networks introduced, this time in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The commercial technology of wireless phones has undergone massive changes since then, with a great revolution and evolution in the cellular system and the technological systems they rely on.
The 90s brought the first serious competition between service providers for wireless phones, just after the GSM standard became widely used. It took very little to pass from SMS messaging to conversations, and ever since, cellulars have outrun all other means of communication. To understand the ample exposure of the phenomenon, it suffices to refer to the camera sales drop that appeared after the invention of the built-in cell high quality cameras that enable the high technical standards.
The Internet and the evolution of the wireless phones ran in parallel for a while before overlapping, and since then they have remained inseparable. This is how we got to enjoy the modern facilities such as email, fax, web browsing and even online video watching on the mobile. Digital technology also had its contribution to the invention of sophisticated batteries and the miniaturization of all the cellphone components. We are justified to ask ourselves about where this road of cell phone evolution is taking us. Will we try to make things simple again or further relish.
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