People who prefer cell phones often have very different lifestyles than people who prefer landlines. As you decide whether to switch to a cell, ask yourself: Do you want to be in the phone book? If so, you’ll need a landline. Do you want to be easy to reach? Many people prefer to use cell phones because it allows them to be available to family and clients even when they’re traveling.
You can search for the shortest route by distance. You can search for a route that uses certain highways or passes certain points of interest. Many modern personal navigation devices are able to even adjust your route for traffic conditions, weather conditions, etc… None of that is possible with a paper map. Garmin and Tom Tom were early leaders in providing this technology to the public. Since that time other well known companies such as Motorola, Samsung, and Nokia have begun marketing their own personal navigation devices.
With security problems and social issues arising with the increased use of smartphones, smartphones may be not such a smart idea after all. Smartphones are increasingly dominating the world of mobile phones. Smartphones have affected the world in many ways. It’s creation has changed education, how we get information, how we communicate, and how our generation has become addicted to it. Schools are starting to capitalize on the technology students love to use including smartphones, tablets, and other personal devices.
As Into the Wild’s Christopher Johnson McCandless shows that he lived by his own creativity and resources the land gave him it shows how our society’s creativity has been diminishing. Our society seems to have the need to be connected to the world around them at all times! Cell phones are the main way people are all connected. About 74 percent of kids ages 13-18 own a cell phone (Knapstein). This makes it needless to adapt and be creative to solve problems that hinder us.
Unit 1 Assignment 1: Voice vs Data Cell Phones: Cell phones are a part of our everyday lives depending who you ask. The technology for them have come leaps and bounds that what anyone could imagine. Cell phones use to use a voice network only collecting waves from towers to transfer their voice communication. Sending one signal out and receiving one signal in. Now, though cell phones use both voice and data for their networks and it has been ongoing competition since then between carriers.
However, they are wrong because the dangers continue after the call ends. According to Sodhi research, holding the cell phone and talking on the phone is not the main problem, the thinking while and after the conversation is (“Cell Phones Trigger Tunnel Vision”, 2002). These studies and research give great reasons why cars should be a cell phone free zone. Everyone knows the rule that on an airplane they are not aloud to use their cell phone. Surprisingly, the desire of passengers wanting to use their cell phones is increasing (Mobile Communications).
Copeland said, “The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction”. According to the National Safety Council, there are 1600000 car accidents per year and, 11 teen’s death per day every day are caused by drivers distracted by texting while driving, and . This number adds up to nearly 25% of all car accidents. Also, according to some studies, in 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions in 2011 involved cell phones, which is adds up to almost 1.3 million car accidents. Car accidents are four times more likely to result from take place from drivers being distracted by texting than other causes.
For this psychology project, I decided that I would deprive myself of something that is in my life 24/7, my phone. Choosing this, I think, was one of the most interesting things I could of done because it is so personal to me and is in my life at all times and completely taking something away that's with you all the time can really have an effect on someone. It gave me a taste of childhood, when phones weren't really too popular and kept so close to you as you would your credit card or car keys. I spent basically all my time on my phone and it gave me a big reality check that, there are so many other productive things you can do with life other than sit there and be on your phone. Before I decided to go through with this experience, I collected the amount of hours I was on my phone, and sadly, it was basically for at least 20 minutes each hour, between the time I woke up, untill the time I fell asleep.
It also shows what we used to communicate with each other in our everyday lives. Then with cell phones they can look back and see what us old generations used, just like we think about landlines or things that are obsolete. Cell phones now have things that are so cool and in the future people might think it is so old and played out. I would also place that item in the time capsule because it shows what we did for interest and used it for everyday life. Some people wouldn’t be anywhere without their cell phone and would go crazy in our time.
It was estimated that only 2% of drivers are able to successfully multitask while driving, which sheds light on how rare it is for a person to be able to drive well while being distracted by a cell phone. When speaking or texting on a cell phone our brain is choosing to pay attention to the conversation at the expense of being less able to drive correctly. Even though there is plenty of evidence of the dangers of cell phones, the habits of drivers are not changing. Many concerned persons think that more drastic measures should be taken to minimize driver distraction. This article is very useful in the way that it presents many cons to texting while driving.