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Greatest and Latest of Modern Communication

We've come along way since the Motorola "DynaTAC" moving from a 2-pound cell phone to having mobile phones weighing as little as 48g. Mobile Phones have evolved immensely both in design and function. Modern mobile phones are capable of much more than just sending and receiving phone calls. Mobile phones used in today’s world allow users to send and receive text messages, emails, photos and video as well as access the Internet, play games, listen to music, use GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and more. The mobile phone has become an important communication tool that is used by people all over the world to keep in contact with each other at any time. Although they started off as quite bulky devices they are now very sleek, small and portable, comfortably fitting in a users pocket and surviving for hours on end thanks to a rechargeable battery. Mobile phone designs are constantly evolving to incorporate the new needs and desires of users. Some of these new functions include space for memory cards, flip screens, cameras, touch screens, USB ports etc. Modern mobile phones also have wireless capability in the form of infrared, Bluetooth and other wireless protocols. Some of the larger manufacturers of Mobile phones include Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple. Applications that mobile phone owners can take advantage of include word processing, calendars, mobile banking, web surfing, alarms, memos, video streaming, games and much more. Applications have exploded in popularity in recent times thank to the iPhone App Store which allows iPhone users the ability to download a wide variety of third party apps. Prices of phones have decreased since the first Motorola but still in these days are expensive phones can be priced up to 600 euro but can go to as little as 20euro so everybody nowadays has a mobile phone compared to the older days where only a few people bought them due to high priced.

Following are the important features of a modern mobile phone:

• Voice calls
• Text messages
• Call registers
• MP3 playback (music)
• MP4 playback (video)
• Alarms
• RDS (Radio Data System) Radio Receiver
• Document and memo recording
• Personal digital assistant (PDA) operations
• Personal organizer operations
• Streaming video
• Downloading video
• In-built cameras (3.2+mpx) and camcorders with flash and autofocus for video recording
• Games
• PTT (push to talk)
• Universal Serial Bus or USB (2.0)
• Memory card reader (SD)
• WiFi Connectivity
• Bluetooth (2.0)
• Video calling
• Ringtones
• Instant messaging
• Internet browsing and e-mail
• Functions as a wireless modem for personal computers

PHONES HAVE NOW GONE SMART !!!!!!

Top 10 mobile phones today.....
http://techyyouth.com/top-10-mobile-phones-in-the-world-today/#sthash.gRzOEUK9.KKS94UCO.dpbs

Shops to go and grab yourself a smart phone in Ireland :
www.vodafone.com
www.o2online.ie
www.carphonewarehouse.ie

History of mobile phones

Mobile phones have changed the way we live our lives and they have become an integral part of our daily lives.

The first-generation (1G)
The very first mobile phones are now referred to as first generation (1G) mobile phones. The first handheld phone to be released on the us market was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in 1983. Mobile phones started to gain popularity in the eighties with the introduction of cellphones that were based on cellular networks.

Mobile phones were originally much larger than current ones, & they were initially designed for installation in vehicles only, which is why they were called the car phone. These chunky units were later converted for use as transportable phones the size of a small suitcase & the rest is history.

The second-generation (2G)
Second generation, also called 2-G, mobile telephones were introduced in the nineties. 2-G telephone systems were different because of their use of digital circuit switched transmission & the introduction of advanced & quick telephone to network signals. The introduction of 2-G systems saw telephones move from historic 1G telephones to small hand held items, which were much more portable. This change was made possible through improvements in technology such as more advanced batteries & energy efficient electronics.

The second generation mobile telephones had several advantages over 1G items. These included SMS messaging, which initially became possible on GSM networks & eventually on all digital networks. The very first machine-sent message was sent in Great Britain in 1991. The very first person-to-person SMS text message was sent in 1993 in Finland. SMS text messaging soon became the communication method of choice & the general public now prefer sending messages to placing voice calls.

 

The Third-generation (3G)


 The first pre-commercial 3-G mobile phone network was launched in Japan in May of 2001. 3G was later commercially released in Japan on October, 1 2001.

3-G is the third generation of mobile phone standards & technology, which succeeded 2-G mobile technology. The birth of 3-G technologies enabled network operators including orange to give their users a wider range of advanced services. This includes broadband internet, in addition to high-tech video calls.

Despite the success of 3-G, there has also been many complaints about it. These include criticism over the cost of 3G phones, a lack of network coverage because it's still a new service & the high power usage of 3G phones.

The Latest Generation (4G)

4G is the new and improved version of 3G. Internet speeds are five times faster, and the internet connection is stronger so your internet won't suddenly slow down. There are already loads of phones available that can connect to 4G networks, while all the big new smartphones of the future will be compatible.

• Enhanced 3G/Interoperability
• High speed & IP- Based
•  4G is up to five times faster than 3G
• You'll get more data and inclusive benefits

About Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper , the reason each one of us has our own private personal phone number. Martin Cooper freed us from copper wires and gave us unbound freedom of communication.

Facts on Martin Cooper:

•  Born in Chicago, Illinois on December 26, 1928.
• Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1950 and 1957 respectively.
• Martin Cooper, prior to his employment with Motorola in 1954, served in the Navy for 4 years, working on destroyers, and on submarines.
• Worked for a short time with another telecommunications company, before his historic association with Motorola.
• In the early years at Motorola, he worked on portable products, including hand radios, made for the Chicago Police Department in 1967.After this project, he began working on Motorola's Cellular Research project, and developed the 3lb prototype from his base in Washington.
• It took 17 years, from the initial phone call by Dr. Martin Cooper in 1973, for the mobile communication concept to be fully developed and marketed to the world, but today, there are more subscribers to mobile phones, than landlines all over the world, and the number is growing.

http://www.simplyknowledge.com/biographies/martin-cooper#.Ux3CfU2YbIU

Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to my first ever blog which I am going to discuss the development of Mobile phones hence why I called this blog brick2Slick. Mobile phones have evolved immensely since the first ever handheld mobile device in 1983 developed by Motorola, The device called Motorola DynaTAC 8000X which was invented by Martin Cooper.
The young rich kid who had everything, in 1983, could be seen with a mobile phone, that is if they were able to pay the $3995 for the privilege. One problem was that there was very limited signal coverage to enable you to use it(so mainly used for posing haha!). The phone may have resembled a brick in size but by the end of 1984 there were 300,000 users worldwide(This might seem very little compared to the billions of phone users today but at that price it is an impressive number).

About Motorola

For years Motorola had been at the forefront of portable communications. In 1930 they had produced the first commercially successful car radio, which they developed into the two-way radios which became standard for the allies during the Second World War. After the war they then developed pagers, car radiotelephones and radio transponders. As a result it was Motorola technology that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous words from the Moon in 1969.

Features of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.

• The DynaTAC 8000X weighed 785g (28 ounces) and measured a colossal 300x44x89mm (13x1.75x3.5").
• It only boasted one hour of talk time and eight hours of standby time(so that if you wanted it on 24 hours a day you would have to charge up three sets of batteries every day)
• It only had an LED display instead of an LCD(which was only just starting to be used in the digital watches of the time).
•  150mm (6") aerial protruding from the top of it.
• You could also manage to save the princely total of 30 numbers in the memory of the phone
• It took 10 hours to recharge

 

Mobiles have become cheaper, lighter and longer lasting. They have gained more features including phone books, calendars, games, internet access, cameras and now even video. They have become an essential everyday item for most people.

To be continued.....