Phones

The world is always changing and evolving and I have noticed that the world of cell phones is a great example. When I was five I remember that the guy who lived in the house behind us had a car phone. This was the first time I had ever seen anyone drive and talk on the phone at the same time. The cell phone business took off and the next thing I knew everyone had a cell phone. I remember playing games on my parents cell phone during car trips or other various boring times. Even the first cell phone I had was nothing compared to the phones of the day.

I remember the first cell phone I had was really cool for it's day. Ok even for it's day it was really lame, but it did have some basic functions. It had the basic calender, clock, and contact list. The fanciest thing it had was and old game called snake. As time went on I got newer and more advanced phones ending now with what is considered a smart phone. It has the ability to run multiple functions at once along with Internet connectivity. This phone is really a fun tool. The amount of things I can do are amazing and the phone really helps. Even though this the phone i have now still isn't the best.

We all know that smart phones have the ability to connect to the Internet and they allow you to keep track of your life. The smart phone is always getting smarter. I see now that you can watch T.V. at any time and any place on your phone. This is just a few of the things that smart phones can do. One of the newest things is a phone that has a projector. the projector allows you to show others what is on your phone without a tiny screen holding you back. This new projecting ability can allow you to watch a movie on any flat surface or show your friends those pic's you took at the bar last night.

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One subject we have talked about in class is small general purpose microcomputers. These include smartphones. Smartphones are some of the most popular computers used today. Examples of popular smartphones include the iPhone, Blackberry and Android.

There are many reasons smartphones are practical. The most common reason is e-mail. It can be really annoying to constantly log on to a computer to check e-mail, especially when waiting for a specific message. It is so much easier to get all of your e-mails to your phone so that any message sent you will receive immediately, and important messages won't sit in your inbox for days. One example of this feature was my experience on Wednesday. When my alarm on my phone went off Wednesday morning for class, I saw that I had several missed messages from the night. One of them was the announcement that school was cancelled. It would have been horrible to go to class only to find out it was cancelled. I probably would have checked my laptop anyway, but this saved me time.

Another useful application of smartphones is GPS. Everybody has those times when they are driving home from a concert, a sporting event, a college visit, and they get lost. It is so nice to have a map readily available that can tell you where you are and how to get home. It's so much better than pulling over, reading a map from the glove compartment, trying to find where you are and plot the best way home.

Without sounding like a promoter for smartphones, I really do suggest that everyone gets one. I will admit, they are expensive, my bill is thirty extra dollars a month to have internet access, which must come with the phone. However since I got my phone my laptop time has been cut in half. The link attached compares different versions of smartphones.