Technology keeps changing so fast it is incredible. Cell phones and wireless handhelds have come so far compared to what they started out as. Just look 5 years ago to now. It is just amazing the process that has happened. If you go back a little farther to 10 years ago it is like comparing the stone ages to present times. Does anyone remember the bag phone? When the first flip phone came out it was so big it wouldn’t even fit in your back pocket. Now there are phones out there that are so small it is amazing people can actually see the numbers on them to place a call.
At this day and age there aren’t many people that don’t have a cell phone or a wireless handheld. In fact just today on the news they did a poll to see how many people couldn’t live without their BlackBerry. They even asked the question “Which would you rather be with, your BlackBerry or your spouse?” There were actually a lot of people that stated they would rather spend more time with their BlackBerry. This just goes to show how important technology is to people.
As our book says, “90 million (cell phone subscribers) are business subscribers.” Cell phones are a big part of companies these days. It is much easier to stay connected with everyone involved in any business. Cell phones give people access to the office when they are out of the office. People are able to send data and receive data from the office as if they were sitting in front of their computer. Also, cell phones and wireless handhelds help with international business, where before time zones created a communication barrier. Now you can reach people outside of the 9 to 5 work schedule. These digital devices have given us the flexibility to work on the go and since we have become so dependent on them if we had to go without them our world would probably come crashing down around us. We wouldn’t know what to do.
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Wireless companies have changed the dymanics and design of phones to change with the times and what people want. We are a people of convenience and lugging around big, gaulky phones no longer appealed to consumers. As long as services are implemented to assist people perform in the ease of daily duties, it will always be a perferred option.
Surprisingly, children want the ease cell phones offer in staying connected as well. Cell phones aren't just limited to adults anymore. Children not only have phones but expect to have them. My 13 year old son's friends are just baffled when he shares that he doesn't have a phone. How cruel and behind times must his mom really be?
There is one person at my office that does not have a cell phone and everyone thinks he is crazy for not having one. He is determined that he is never going to own one and does not see a need for it. There are two others in my office that have five year old children with cell phones. To me, that is crazy, but they think that they need it just in case something happens to them.
I'm not sure where many of us would be without our cell phones. It's amazing how reliant we are on them. I can't stand to leave the house without mine mainly because I want to be accessible by my family in case of an emergency. What did we do years ago? We waited and got news from the television or from friends we happen to run into, or maybe we were lucky enough to have an answer machine at home to take the message for us. Working for a wireless company, I would probably be laughed at if I didn't have a cell phone. The only problem with my job is seeing all the cool phones and having a hard time deciding exactly which one I want.
Cell phones have changes many people. In 1996 I drove from North Carolina to Stamps, AR without and phone, and now I will not go to Magnolia without my phone. My son got his first cell phone this month. He is 10 and he stays on it all the time. The wireless companies come out with new items every year. Who would have thought 10 years ago, we could have internet on a wireless phone.
Frances Rowe
My six year old asked for a cell phone for her birthday this year. She said she needed it in case she needed to call me at work. I told her no. She would be in school when I was at work and the school would call me. I am the outcast in my family regarding cell phones. I only turn mine on when I am away from home and not at work, or when I take a lunch break at work. Everyone knows to call me at home or work first. Don't call me on my cell phone to just chat. I see people on the phone while they are leacing their houses to get into their cars.
I think that we are entirely too plugged in these days. My 15 year old cousin cannot understand why some hotels don't have wireless connections.
Good Grief!
Yes, the wireless industry changes every minute of every day. I work in the technical side of that industry every day.
Before I became involved in a career in telecommunications, I thought cell phones were here, then gone and plans changed and it was no big deal. Its a completely different story from the inside.
I do not go by a day at work where something major does not change with the way the phones function, which phones are going away (we get notification months before the stop being actually sold). I have two days off a week, and when I come back from one of those days off, it's like the world has turned upside down because of the quick implementation of changes that happen.
Deidra, I understand where you are coming from on the children having phones issue. You have no idea how many times one of my representatives has gotten a call from a 8, 9, or even 10 year old calling in with problems on their cell phone that Mom or Dad just bought them for their birthday or Christmas.
Cell phones have become just as important as computers, and with where technology in that industry is headed, all phones in the next 1 to 2 years will all be computerized phones (aka smart phones or blackberry phones). It's just how fast things are changing.
I broke down and let my son have a cell phone when he went to football camp for a week for the first time. This was a couple of years ago and he just turned 15. The camp was the first time he'd been away from home without a family member or close friend over night and I felt the need to be able to know he could call me if something was wrong. It would have been long distance from the camp so the cell was a dependable option to me.
My most noticeable difference with everybody having cell phones is that I don't remember phone numbers anymore, because I store them all in my phone. If I lost my phone there'd be some people I would lose their phone number because I doubt I have it wrote down anywhere.
Blackberry's seem cool. I don't have one but my supervisor does and there have been times I emailed her when she was on a business trip and was able to deal with situations faster because she had it.
Well I must admit that I am the type of cell phone person that will turn all the way around and go back home if I have forgotten my cell phone. I have two smartphones (Blackjack II and a Treo) and I love them because they are very convenient.
I also got my husband the same thing and he could care less about the latest cell phones. But once he gets it he always thinks they are cool.
There are always new phones that come out all the time and I always want the lastest one. I have to be as some people say "connected" at all times.
Wireless communication is a must. It keeps us in touch with our clients and makes sharing information possible without regard to location. I travel a lot and am in constant communication with my customers and clients. Let's face it wireless communication keeps us on the edge and allows me to make decisions and collaborate quickly.
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