Are We Too Attached to Our Phones? Over the past decade American culture has experienced something more profound than any other technological advancement since the discovery of the Internet; the smart phone. The innovative technology of cellular phone has eliminated the need for almost any other electronic device. With the creation of the 3G/4G network and application technology, cell phone users no longer need multiple Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s) to satisfy their needs. All one needs is a smartphone, such as an iPhone or an Android, and they can fulfill all of their daily tasks from the touch of the same button.
Cell Phones – Helpful or Deadly? Fifteen years ago cell phones were first emerging on a global market. Since that time cell phone usage has exploded to over a billion users. While there are many great advantages to cell phone technology, no one could have predicted that there could also be several major disadvantages. Although cell phones connect people and can help in times of emergencies, they also have huge disadvantages.
Phone conversation participants can communicate over 20 times faster verbally than one can write or type. Also, if the conversation involves multiple females all talking and listening at once, the communication bandwidth exponentially increases. I have no clinical research to back that up, but such is the benefits of a cause and effect paper. Could anything close to a conference call, which involves multiple parties conversing together over the phone, be attained through traditional letters? These are but a few of the many benefits of using a telephone over formal letter writing.
With the increased popularity of cell phones with internet capabilities, people would be able to pay their bills upon receiving the alert. In addition, one can send a text message to Google to find out directions, weather, flight status, sports scores, etc. Services like ChaCha allow us to answer any of our questions. All you do is send a question to ChaCha and a live person will send you a message back, within a few minutes, with the answer to your question. However, these convenient services, as well as general text messaging, have its outcomes.
Everyone seems to have a cell phone, even young children. According to Brain Dakss of USA Today “more than one out of every two Americans own a cell phone.” And in MIT Tech Talk Sarah Wright wrote that during June 2005, in the Unites States alone, people collectively spent over six hundred and seventy five billion minutes talking on a cell phone. Implying that Americans are over-dependant on cell phones at an alarming rate. Cell phones seem to encourage people to have “multiple shallow relationships” (Dakss). With increasing text messaging capabilities, people no longer have to physically talk to use their cell phones.
Cell Phones VS. Pay Phones There are many differences in the way we talk to other people in today’s world. To compare/contrast pay phones to cell phones is a no- brainer. Millions of people have now replaced payphones with cell phones. The invention of the cell phone was a great achievement. Almost anywhere you are you can utilize the cell phone.
Can You Hear Me Now? “Can you hear me now?” a catch phrase used in a cell phone commercial in which a man roams around with his phone making sure he has a signal. It’s a valid question, even in an age where we can communicate in more ways than ever before. It seems as if everyone is more accessible, wifi is everywhere, and even those who can’t afford to support themselves can have a cell phone. Internet capable technology is extremely affordable, and people across the world are adapting to this new wide world of communication.
Cell phone technology has grown tremendously within the last decade making it easier for one to communicate with others. Cell phones allow people to call, text, email, and use social networking from anywhere they please, but some people do not understand that there are certain times and places that cell phone use is inappropriate; For example, when driving. Using cell phones while driving has been proven to be dangerous. Even though many states have passed laws against cell phone use while driving, many still allow the use of hands-free cell phones/devices while behind the wheel. Using a hands-free cell phone/device is just as dangerous as using hand-held cell phone while driving.
In the past, people used mail and messengers to communicate from long distances. Then a man, Alexander Graham Bell, changed the way humans would communicate forever. Bell created the telephone which led to faster and easier ways to communicate. Nowadays, people still use telephones, and they also use cell phones which allow people to send messages, call people, search the Internet, play games, and so much more. Telephones and cell phones have changed the course of history for communication, by allowing an instant and easy way to communicate from a candlestick telephone, to modern advanced smart phones.
Toyeka Bates Professor Bey English 101-2CD 26 November 2012 Text Messaging Can Improve Writing, Not Future Success Over the past ten years technology has changed the way we communicate. Several advances in technology such as the telephone, fax machine, computer, and cellular phones have made communication faster and easier. The text messaging application allows students to abbreviate words write the way would like to. Text messaging on cellular phones is very common among those who use cell phones, especially amongst school-aged children. Everywhere you look you see children texting on their cell phones.