Your Cell Phone Today

By Roberto Sedycias

Gone are the days when people used to depend on the land phones to communicate their messages. Welcome to the age of cell phones where sending your message across to someone is just a click away. Cell phones, also known as mobile phones, have become all pervasive and fast emerging as a universal obsession. Contrary to the purpose behind of its invention, it has now become an in-thing in our society and is being largely seen as a sign of status.

Moreover, the application of cell phones are no longer confined to making calls and sending text messages (sms); they are being highly used as means of internet connectivity, shooting pictures and videos, listening to music, playing games, and global tracking system (GPS). Indeed, the ground-breaking inventions in the information technology have enabled and literally empowered the cell phone users to perform what was virtually inconceivable till the last decade.

In the last couple of years, the global mobile phone market has witnessed the emergence of some high-end and feature-filled cell phones with a price-tag attached to it which is beyond the reach and affordability of the average buyers.

The best thing about mobile phones is their innovation. Cell phones have been universally admired in the technology segment. Despite not being too old in innovation, these devices have been able to carve a niche in terms their high-efficiency. For instance, now most mobile phones can be found suitable for all sorts of digital requirement. This can be best explained by taking into account the recently launched PDA handsets which allow their customers to stay connected to them even when they are on the move. Indeed, PDA mobile phones are not just a great accomplishment but a sort of revolution in the cell phone segment.

With the growing consumerism in the modern society, consumers are getting increasingly brand-biased and they want own mobile phones that show their social standing. Especially the corporate world has been grossly responsible for creating this need in the market which has left the mobile phone manufactures to Continue Reading…

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By Rishikesh Sinha

Time was when it took several years to get a new telephone connection in India. Now, there is less pressure than ever before for fixed landlines as mobile phone subscribers appear poised to outnumber those with a fixed line. By year’s end, India may become one of the few countries where the mobile revolution is complete and the mobile reigns supreme, just a decade after it was first introduced.

At present, the mobile phone frenziness could be gauged from the fact that 8.06 million subscribers were added in July 2007 and 7.34 million subscribers in June 2007 reads a recent press release by the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI),. According to the press release, the total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL (F)) base in India is 192.98 million.

Behind this mobile rage, the reasons which are being cited are - ever-increasing youth population, a chemistry working behind the status symbol, business-boost and falling charges.

With this mammoth mobile phone subscriber, it has been found incidents of mobile phone theft have also increased many fold. It is worth mentioning, those mobile phone that got lost were never possessed by their owners again.

A Serious Issue

The problem of mobile phone theft is not going to just go away. Mobile phones have been identified by the police as CRAVED (Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, Disposable) items that are highly attractive to thieves and this will be exacerbated as phones become more sophisticated and start to offer users advanced functionality, such as the ability to pay for goods and services directly through the handset.

It has been found major locations where mobile phone theft occurs are Continue Reading…

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By Gabriel J. Adams

The time when cell phones were used just for making calls and keeping in touch seems like another era altogether. For the new-age cell phone user, a cell phone is more than just another phone or a techno-gadget. It’s a whole new way of life! Cell phones can be used for e-mailing friends, touch-to-talk communication, playing games and even managing personal information.

Owing a cell phone that does nothing but helps you make calls, is passé. To be considered hip and happening, cell phone users are continuously upgrading their phones and enhancing them with gizmos and accessories just so that they can be one-up on the other cell phone users.

Cell phones can also be used to make a style statement. There are plenty of accessories available with which cell phones can be dressed up and made to look sleek and stylish or snazzy and glitzy. Faceplates and keypads are available that add personality and flair to any cell phone with jewel-like keys and flashing lights. You can even buy tattoos and Continue Reading…

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