Cell Phone

On the for-front of technology that has been constantly changing for the past forty of so years have been the cell phone. When it was fist developed the personal cell phone was huge and looked more like holding a giant black box to your head compared to today’s sleek and technological beauties. But the truth is that cell phone are becoming so much more a staple of our lives and are filling so much more roles than that of the actually phone. For instance: I just bought my girlfriend a phone called a Blackberry made by Cingular. This PDA has phone at its basic structure but can tackle much more difficult feats. It has full internet access accessible wherever she can get a phone signal; it is a camera, a video-recorder, not to mention a full calendar planner. It seems that the cell phone is becoming a Swiss army knife in the sense of it is a jack of all trades. Recently, the incorporation of music and our phones has become increasing popular. Apple Company has come out with the I-phone which is entirely a touch screen basis where there are no numbers or buttons to use. To some this is a horrible step away from tradition but to most it is the first step in the direction for an entirely different cell phone/PDA. I almost forgot! The new Blackberry has the capability to dial into the AT and T satellite in order to have GPS or global position satellite. Never to be lost again, the cutting edge technology seems to be more of an extension of the body than a tool that we just utilize. In my house in Birmingham we still have an antique phone that still has to be wound to call the operator before the call can go through. It is ridiculous to see how far this simple piece of technology has come in one lifetime. It is rumored that new cell phone technology will be video calls; this is when you call a person the video will come along with the audio, you can see and hear the person. How far will cell phones go with their incorporation in our everyday lives? Is a good or bad thing that we depend on them every moment of the day, and we are almost helpless without them? The cell phone is constantly changing and adapting, as we are with it.