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Cell Phone Technologies - The Ideal Way Of Today`s Life
Roberto Sedycias Communication Articles | January 14, 2009 The innovative
cell phone technologies have now turned the cell phones form an interesting
distraction to an essential part of all lives. We can survive without food for
sometime but without the cell phones - impossible !!
Cell phones, more popularly known as the smart phones in the present arena, are
undoubtedly one of the best examples of technology that we can boast of, in the
last 90 years. A classic product emerged from a human brain and took the shape
of cell phones in the early 1900s. Since then there has been no looking back.
With each passing day, latest techniques kept on adding to this cellular
electronic device, making it the handiest, powerful and useful product today.
The technology started with the simple sending and receiving radio signals
through innumerable cellular base stations that are fitted with microwave
antennas. However, this means of
wireless
communication added many new technologies to its system and
provided several new services and applications to the users.
Together with the basic voice function, today, we have
text
messaging services, e-mails, internet services, Bluetooth,
infrared, camera and video recording facilities along with sending photos and
videos through MMS, downloading ringtones and also picture and videos just to
name a few.
There are several latest technologies in use for the cell phones that that have
been devised to make our lives much faster, simpler and trendy.
The GSM or Global System for
Mobile
Communication and CDMA or Code Division Multiple Access differ
only in the way the two share space in the radio spectrum. While the former is
more popular in Europe and Asia, the latter is used majorly in the United
States. However, both work on the ability to provide high-speed internet access
to these hi-tech devices.
With the application of all such technologies, the cell phones have become an
asset in the educational field too. It can be used for learning activities both
inside and outside the classrooms. Cell phones act as an excellent
resource-collecting device for students.
The camera and video recording facilities can be used to full extent for
capturing all-important data that can be used for documentation in the later
stage. The data can also be sent instantly with the use of
internet
services
available over phone to the teacher concerned if required. It can help
students in assignments like test message home assignments and oral quizzes.
The cell phones can enable the students to hear educational radio broadcasts and
to create instant podcast of their gathered information. Students can call up
toll free numbers from their cell phones and get their doubts cleared within
minutes. More importantly, they are an assistive technology for students with
visual and hearing impairments with their audio and video facilities
respectively. Students can also use their cell phones to organize their
resources through innovative guides such as Google calendar.
Apart from this, the cell phone technology has also become a powerful tool of
investigation in the hands of the investigation bureaus. The call data records
maintained by the cell
phone
companies help the investigators in collecting leads and
evidences. The cell phone technologies can also help the police to reconstruct
the location of the cell phone user instantly. The standard radio tracking
technology and the latest triangulation technique comes the handiest in such
cases where the department needs to know the whereabouts of the suspect.
With the advent of such latest technologies in the cellular phone regime ,
it is not surprising that many a nation like Europe has more number of cell
phones than people. This proves the effectiveness of this small pocket sized
magical instrument.
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