It seems like yesterday when my brother brought home a huge brick looking device called the mobile phone,
we were one of the first in our extended family to own this novelty, and you had to go out of the house to be able to use it properly. Today, it seems that existence of life is inevitable without cell phones.
Instead of being used just for making simple calls, manufacturers have certainly developed them into something special. We all know that technology moves at an extremely rapid rate, cell phones are probably the best example.
Nowadays manufacturers struggle to sell their phones if they don’t have ‘basic’ features like SMS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth compatibility and a crisp high definition video camera. Features that cell phone users consider as “standard” these days.
It might seem like the market is flooded with new phones on a daily basis, but the reason is simple; supply and demand. Since the popularity has increased over the past few years, more and more manufacturers are trying to get a piece of the action. In fact, subscriptions to cell phones and the contracts attached to them have already exceeded 4.6 billion. Considering the total population, it’s a rather major chunk!
So, where are we headed?
Cell phones simply reflect the advances in technology overall. The two companies that lead the technology game today are Apple and Google, known to revolutionize their respective niches. Apple acted as a key player in the smart phone revolution, by creating the iPhone (the first phone that didn’t require a stylus and could effectively run using a human touch). Google of course (on its way to taking over the world) couldn’t stay too far behind and introduced Android (the first open source cell phone operating system).
Following the best selling iPhone, the originals in the industry adapted quickly. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and LG introduced their own user friendly smart phones in the market and there started the new era of cellular devices.
January this year (2010), Google introduced its own phone in the market. Running on a massive 1GB processor the Nexus One has everything from GPS to Wifi and 3G capabilities. However, the sales did not perform as expected. Other Android phones such as the Motorola CLIQ and now the Motorola CLIQ XT™ (offered by T-Mobile in the U.S.) seem to have taken over the market using the MOTOBLUR™ a modified version of Google’s very own Android™.
Over time, we have witnessed cell phones turning into somewhat of a phenomenon. However I have a feeling we all know, that this is just the beginning!
