subject: Mobile Phones – stay connected [print this page] Mobile phones are also called cell phones or handsets. Mobiles have become a lot more than just a basic necessity on ones life, unlike old times when people actually had to go a long way just to say hi to their loved ones with the help of mobile phones this can be done with a simple touch of a button. People can be contacted in seconds via calls or SMS almost 24/7, 365 days a year.
Mobiles are not limited to communication alone these days. They are used now for a myriad of purposes. From internet surfing to even watching live television, the mobile is now equipped with a variety of built-in gadgets to make such things possible. Mobile phones are one of the most advantageous discoveries made by man to facilitate this over the course of about a decade the mobile industry over the world has grown in leaps and bounds. They have practically become an inseparable part of daily routine. We cannot imagine a day without the security of our little handset somewhere within accessible reach. Mobiles nowadays no longer play the role of just a mode of telephonic communication. But they now come with added extras like cameras, music players, internet access, touch-screens, sometimes even doubling up as mini computers; e.g. Blackberry. They fulfil functions like calendars, calculators, even location finders, as technology gets better and better. Anything to everything can practically be achieved via these inventions. The list is never-ending to the capabilities of a handset. They have practically become an inseparable part of daily routine. We cannot imagine a day without the security of our little handset somewhere within accessible reach.
Most of the credit for these achievements in the field of mobiles goes to the companies like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson and so on. The intense commercial competition between them pushes them to keep re-inventing the technology to come out with increasingly better phones at surprisingly affordable prices. Service providers come out with better mobile deals to offer, practically every few weeks! They thus allow ownership of cell phones to be practical and economical for everybody. But these phones have their drawbacks of harmful radiations, so they must be used judiciously not abused.
