This document provides a history of mobile phone and smart phone technology. It discusses how the first mobile phone was used by Swedish police in 1946. It then outlines the development of mobile phones through different generations, including the introduction of internet access and apps. The document also describes various uses of smart phones for entertainment, social networking, organization, hospitals, and museums. Both benefits and some negative health impacts of increased mobile phone use are presented.
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The world is flat
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Bringing people together.....?
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Changing the way things work.
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4. HISTORY
- The first official mobile
phone used in Sweden by
the Swedish police in
1946; could make 6
phone calls before car's
battery was drained
- 1991 Motorola MicroTac
Lite the lightest phone:
$1,000
5. History content
- 2nd generation: from the early
1990's
- smaller, better batteries, huge
increase in popularity
- 3rd generation: include 2
Megabits of maximum data rate
indoors and 384 kilo bits for
outdoor use
- include internet access and
other modern innovations
- 1993 IBM developed first
smart phone
6. Uses
- Smart phones provide
portable use of IT
- Entertainment Uses:
games, music (mp3 player),
books (e-book), and digital
television broadcast
- Social Uses: phone call, text
message, wireless internet
(access to e-mail, social
networking websites)
- Organization Uses: calendar,
finance manager, address
book, storage for data
7. - Hospital Uses: used to
view image (x-ray, MRI,
etc) means of
communication between
nurses and clinicians.
- Museum Uses: audio
guide is provided through
cell phones.
8. Benefits
• Mobile technology is key to
keeping in touch in the
modern world.
• Text messaging
• Smart Phones aren't only
used for communication,
but for organizing
schedules, jotting down
notes, playing music,
games, checking the
weather, and other
applications.
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Cell Phones
"revolutionized long
distance calling",
making it much more
inexpensive for long
distance
communication.
Cell phone logs have
also been helpful in
court cases where
they can be used as
evidence.
10. -negative health affects
(increases resting blood
pressure, linked to cancer)
-increased stress level
(headache, difficulty in
concentration, disturbance in
sleep)
-effect on children
- risk in driving
- effects on language
11. • Mobile technology and
smart phones play a
major role in every day
life, and their
importance is
expected to continue,
and even increase in
the future.