Mobile Phones

The Evolution of the Cell Phone 

We live in a society when the event of losing your mobile phone is a more traumatic experience than losing your virginity.  We rely more heavily on our phones than anyone could have ever imagined when they first emerged as hulking monstrosities attached to the owner – tangled in wires - by a shoulder strap.  Mobile phones are no longer a device simply used for communication between two individuals and the advancements in the technology we now have access to are remarkable. 

The amount of time we spend with our eyes fixed on the screens of our phones and our thumbs clicking away has served to make us less social creatures over time, yet there is no doubt of the advantages to us brought about by the evolution of the mobile phone; it is far easier to call for help in an emergency rather than use Morse Code, for example.  Older generations are baffled by today’s technology and the effortlessness with which the youth of today use it – the look on the face of a parent when attempting to get to grips with a smartphone is similar to that of a young child when they first realise they have hands: utter wonderment.

I was witness to a conversation a few days ago between two girls, who could not have been older than 12, one of whom was lamenting her ill-fated decision to opt for a Blackberry as opposed to an iphone – when I was that age I was sporting a ridiculous haircut and a Motorola which weighed around half of my body weight, there was no danger of me losing it - if it left my pocket I would have floated away - and I was more likely to dent the pavement than shatter my phone if I were to drop it.  I realise now that if I pulled that phone out of my pocket to answer a call not only would I probably pull a muscle but also be looked upon as some sort of caveman. 

Owning a mobile nowadays gives you access to another world and one of many possibilities to be explored is the art of ‘Sexting’.  A popular hobby amongst professional footballers, ‘Sexting’ has really taken off over the past few years and is the process by which concupiscent men and women relay their sexual desires to one another via text message.  Its appeal is in its covert nature; the unassuming public have no idea of the lewd content of the messages that whizz by their ears through the atmosphere before reaching the handset of a person equally as hard-up as the sender.

Steve Job: A pioneer of Mobile Phone Technology

So what is the best phone? Does the Blackberry ensure higher social regard or is the iphone the more desirable smartphone? Could it be the case that the likes of Samsung and LG are making up lost ground since Steve Jobs kicked the bucket resulting in the ideas at Apple HQ drying up?  Nothing is clear and the competition will no doubt continue for years to come as the capabilities of these gadgets reach new highs but there is one universal nugget of knowledge, however when it comes to the topic of mobile phones, that is not up for discussion…

The Nokia 3310 and other similar models will forever be the undisputed kings of cellular phone technology.  They can perform all the basic functions you would expect from a mobile including - in some cases - the phenomenon of polyphonic ringtones.  On top of this, the Nokia brand is notorious for its durability and is often the only remaining piece of working technology recovered from the scenes of tsunamis and the epicentres of earthquakes, but above all of this there is one feature of the earlier Nokia phones – which in recent years has been inexplicably omitted – that sets it apart from all of its rivals.  This attribute saw the level of enjoyment on the average trip to the toilet increase dramatically during the late 90s, I am of course talking about that most addictive of games, Snake.  Gaming technology has advanced over the years in terms of graphics and the all-round aesthetics but games such as Temple Run and Angry Birds are flashes in the proverbial pan of mobile phone games, Snake will out-live them both.

Evolution of man is no longer determined by the development and advancement of mind and body but on our understanding of the gadgets that make the world we live in so fast paced and the dexterity of our thumbs.  Ever wondered if an iphone would survive being put in a blender? Here’s your answer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxq90xmYUs Enjoy!