Tuesday 25 February 2014

In with the new out with the old!


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
















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