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Smartphones and Mobile Phone Technology
Andrew Chang, Naeun Choi, Nicholas Delrose, Charlotte Gilmore, Silvia Manolache
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What are we talking about??
• The world is flat
• Bringing people together.....? • Changing the way things work.
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"Text messages are like little sugar rushes of contact, postcards from the people's cyberspace, the real reason God gave us thumbs and the capacity for language"
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History
- The first official mobile phone used in Sweden by the Swedish police in 1946; could make 6 phone calls before car's battery was drained- development of first cell phone (creation of towers/cells at Bell Labs in 1947- FCC?- 1983 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X made commercially available: 2 lbs, $3,500- 1991 Motorola MicroTac Lite the lightest phone: $1,000
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History cont.
- 2nd generation: from the early 1990's- smaller, better batteries, huge increase in popularity - 3rd generation: include 2 Megabits of maximum data rate indoors and 384 kbits for outdoor use- include internet access and other modern innovations- 1993 IBM developed first smartphone, Simon
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Uses
- Smartphones provide portable use of IT- Entertainment Uses:games, music (mp3 player), books (e-book), and digital television broadcast- Social Uses: phone call, text message, wireless internet (access to e-mail, social networking websites)- Organization Uses: calendar, finance manager, address book, storage for data
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Uses cont.
- Hospital Uses: used to view image (x-ray, MRI, etc).means of communication between nurses and clinicians. - Museum Uses: audio guide is provided through cell phones. - China: mobile learning provides access to lectures and test preps.
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Benefits
• Mobile technology is key to keeping in touch in the modern world.
• Text messaging • Smart Phones aren't only
used for communication, but for organizing schedules, jotting down notes, playing music, games, checking the weather, and other applications.
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Benefits Cont.
• Cell Phones "revolutionized long distance calling", making it much more inexpensive for long distance communication.
• Cell phone logs have also been helpful in court cases where they can be used as evidence. (You may also consider this a disadvantage)
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Criticisms- negative health affects (increases resting blood pressure, reduces production of melatonin, related to Altzeimers's Disease, linked to cancer)- increased stress level (fatigue, headache, difficulty in concentration, disturbance in sleep)- male infertility- effect on children; the "blackberry father"- risk in driving- reduced privacy- effects on language
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Summary/Opinion
• Mobile technology and smart phones play a major role in every day life, and their importance is expected to continue, and even increase in the future.
• The pho
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Bibliography
1. "The Benefits of Cell Phones." Cell Phone and Wireless Service Plan Buying Guide (2008) 20 Sep 2008 http://www.wirelessguide.org/basics/benefits.php.
2. "Mobile Phone Exposure Causes Brain Damage in Rats." EHP: Environmental Health Perspectives. 1-29-03. 9-19-08. www.ehponline.org
3. "Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep In teens, Study Finds." Science Daily. 6-9-08. 9-19-08. www.sciencedaily.com
4. "Is Txt Mightier Than the Word." BBCNews. 3-4-03. 9-19-08. www.news.bbc.co.news5. "7 Disadvantages of Cell Phones." ControlYourImpact. 4-17-08. 9-19-08.
www.controlyourimpact.com