Do you remember a time when nobody carried a cell phone? When we were forced to wait in line for a payphone? Then the first analog mobile phones were introduced into the world and everyone marveled at their ability to allow people to communicate on the run.
It wasn't long after that when every phone was switched to digital technology and you had to throw out your analog phone for a more high tech digital one. You could have just said - "no I don't need to buy a new one" but inevitably you had become so attached to your phone, that you felt like it would be taking a piece of you away, so you bought a new one to replace your one now in the rubbish bin.
Now let's skip ahead a few years and from the basic digital black and white screened cell phones, color technology was invented which opened up a lot of other avenues. Games became more graphically advanced and there was one other thing that made a huge impact on the cell phone industry - the inbuilt digital camera!
With the ability to take and store digital photos on your phone, we started to open up our minds, imagining the possibilities. Would cell phones become our new personal computer? We're not there yet but we sure are getting close to it. Now it has only been 10 short years since the first digital cell phone was introduced into the world and look how far we have already come!
Latest Cell Phone Technology - The iPhone
The iPhone is has just been released and is taking the world by storm. With it's sleek look and huge range of features, it was sure to make a huge impact in the cell phone world. Created by Apple, it was designed to target those looking for a phone with the potential to store a large amount of songs inside.
If you take a look at it, you will notice it basically looks the same as an ipod! It boasts an enormous screen with touch technology. There are very few phones on the market today that rival the iPhone in any area. It looks great, has an excellent inbuilt camera, cool touch screen, nice graphics. It basically is the closest thing to a hand-held PC.
With the invention of the iPhone, it's safe to say that they cell phone industry is definitely moving in the right direction!
Swiping The Cell Phone!
Cell phone swipe technology is something we got used to seeing in sci fi shows such as Star Trek where the tri-corder machine, resembling a phone, performed just about any function imaginable. Now it seems cell phones embedded with smart cards and placed near a touch pad reader, will be able to perform the function of a credit card and if it takes off, the plastic fantastic could become a thing of the past!
Think of just about anything you use a credit card for; it's expected in the very near future checking out at a grocery or convenience store will be as simple as swiping your phone.
Better still, the technology contained in a smart chip will also have the ability to collect an electronic receipt or to take it one step further, the ability to scan grocery items and do a running tally as you shop. No more counting item prices in your head as you try and stay within the allotted budget. You'll know exactly how much you'll be paying when you check out! In fact,tax time will be as breeze as you store your receipts electronically and call them up when you need it!
How Will Industry Embrace The Idea?
Obviously for technology like this to be effective there will need to be firstly, co-operation from business, and then an expected overhaul phase where the technology is implemented. Not to mention cell phone companies applying it to their phones. Two questions immediately come to mind: How long will it take to become a standard way of doing transactions and will cell phones become more expensive? In fact, how much extra will phone plans become for consumers?
Already in the UK, plans are underway to introduce a scheme where train tickets could be bought via the mobile phone. Commuters will be able to purchase their ticket online and have a barcode sent to their handset. Then it's just a matter of having it scanned at the gates eliminating the need for tickets.
The Cell Phone Or The Tri-Corder
It was always inevitable given the rate of technological advancement the human race would have the ability to rely on one small piece of equipment and use it to perform a variety of functions. Cell phone swipe technology follows on from being able to download music, watch television, go online ,play games... and of course, communicate with other people. We still do communicate with others via a cell phone don't we?
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