Mobile phones were, not so long ago, something that only people with plenty of money would own. The image of the city banker with a mobile phone, yelling “Buy! Buy! Buy!” into his handset is one of the great cliches of the 1990s. In 2014, a mobile phone is one of the most commonplace things…
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In this day and age, just about everyone has a cell phone and there are so many models on the market that “brand loyalty” has become an issue. Some people change their mobile phone every few months, slavishly taking up every new development – phones get thinner, smaller, more colorful, more powerful and more desirable…
More infoAs technology develops to service a market hungry for the next innovation, there are always going to be people who are so struck by the brilliance of the new technology that they come to see it as a human need as important as oxygen, food or water. People develop addictions to technology which may not…
More infoith the popularity of text messages since the end of the last century came the birth – or at least the mutation – of “text speak“. This was a way of shortening words so that a message could be sent containing as much information as 160 characters would allow. For some people, it was a…
More infoBack when the idea of mobile phones for all was still a science-fiction idea, most of us would probably have imagined that the thing which would get cell phones into the “everyday accessory” category would be the way that they allowed you to make phone calls wherever you went in the world. However, it could…
More infoIn the early part of the 21st century the world’s mobile phone users were presented with a quite terrifying concept – that their use of cell phones caused an increased risk of brain tumors, and that anyone using a mobile phone with regularity was presenting themselves with a possible death sentence. It had some weight…
More infoWe’ve all been in this situation: You are sitting down to enjoy your evening’s TV viewing, or reading a book, or putting the kids to bed, or putting the finishing touches to some important work – and then a phone blares. It might be yours, it might not. It might be a call, it might…
More infoAlthough in most of the world it is now seen as the norm to have a mobile phone, there are still enough people who hold out against the idea of buying or owning one. Some will go to the extent of refusing a gift from a family member who thinks they should have one. Among…
More infoIt sounds weird to say it now, but a decade ago there was no shortage of people who would have considered it unthinkable to own a mobile phone. As the last decade has passed, the numbers who do not have one have shrunk considerably, and at least in the English speaking world it is now…
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In many ways, it is stunning just how maligned the cell phone has become in our society. Although most of us have them, most of us also have things we complain about with regard to our phone. Maybe it gets poor coverage, maybe it has short battery life. It could be that we don’t like…
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