wireless phones
Cellphones, hand phones, mobiles or wireless phones, they all refer to the same mobile communication technology designating the same concept. Although initially designed to support the standard voice functions specific to a regular phone, such devices have in time been given more and moreadditional services and accessories. Thus, a whole range of other functions are available: besides normal messeging, you can get instant SMS, listen to the radio, watch TV, check your email, play games, browse the web, access the GPS, take photos or shoot videos with the inbuilt camera and so on. Wireless phones have all the features you can imagine and more.
The real father of the wireless phones is considered to be the Motorola researcher Martin Cooper who invented the first handheld device for mobile communication independent from a vehicle setting. The first cellular network ever launched in a city was NTT in Japan, as early as 1979. Then, the automatic networks started their development in the North European countries in the mid-eighties. The popular technology of wireless phones has undergone massive changes since then, with great boosts of growth in the cellular system and the technological systems they rely on.
Real competition between wireless phones and their producers started in the early 90s in the real sense of the word since that was the time when the GSM standard was first introduced. It took very little to pass from SMS messaging to conversations, and ever since, cellulars have climbed in the top of the communication pyramid. To understand the extent at which the phenomenon has developed, we can refer to the camera sales drop that appeared after the invention of the built-in cell high quality cameras that allow picture taking in great resolution format and at the same superior technical standards.
The Internet and the evolution of the wireless phones ran in parallel for a while before overlapping, and since then they have remained inseparable. This is how we got to enjoy the modern facilities such as email, fax, web browsing and even online video watching on the mobile. Digital technology also heavily contributed to the development of sophisticated batteries and the size reduction of all the cellphone components. With all the incredible level of complexity things have reached today, one has to wonder where the road is taking us further. Will we try to make things simple again or bask in the intricate features of the smart phones?