Cell phone technology has evolved significantly since the first mobile phone call was made in Sweden in 1946. Early mobile phones were large and expensive, but developments in the 1980s and 1990s made them smaller and more affordable. Modern smartphones can be used for communication as well as entertainment, social media, organization, healthcare, education, and more. While cell phones have improved accessibility, there are also concerns about potential health risks from overuse and distracted use while driving. Overall, smartphones are powerful tools when used properly but can have negative effects if not managed well.

1. Cell Phone Technology

2. "Text messages are like little sugar rushes of contact,
postcards from the people's cyberspace, the real
reason God gave us thumbs and the capacity for
language"

3. 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
• Development of first cell phone
(creation of towers/cells at Bell Labs in
1947
• 1983 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
made commercially available: 2 lbs,
$3,500
• - 1991 Motorola MicroTac Lite the
lightest phone: $1,000

4. History cont.
- 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 kbits for
outdoor use
- Include internet access and
other modern innovations
- 1993 IBM developed first
smartphone, Simon

5. Uses
- Smartphones 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

6. Uses cont.
- Hospital Uses: used to view
image (x-ray, MRI, etc).
means of communication
between nurses and clinicians.
- China: mobile learning
provides access to lectures
and test preps.

7. Uses cont.

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.

9. Benefits Cont.
• 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. (You may also
consider this a
disadvantage)

10. Negative

11. Criticisms
• - negative health affects (increases resting blood
pressure, reduces production of melatonin, related to
Altzeimers's Disease, linked to cancer)
• - increased stress level (fatigue, headache, difficulty
in concentration, disturbance in sleep)
• - male infertility
• - effect on children; the "blackberry father"
• - risk in driving
• - reduced privacy
• - effects on language

12. Did you use any of these cell
phones?

13. Opinion
• Smart phones play a major
role in everyday life, and
their importance is
expected to continue, and
even increase in the
future, but if we don't use it
properly, it can turn around
us from its true purpose.