How People Use Their Mobile Phones
In November 2007, statistics showed that 50% of the world’s population has a
mobile phone
subscription; such fact only explains how mobile phones have become an essential tool of today’s generation.
Mobile phones
, when they were first introduced in the early 1990s, were used solely for communication specifically phone calls and SMS messaging. As technology and the years progressed, the
mobile phone
has developed into a multimedia tool—first, as a cell phone with a built-in AM/FM radio which later evolved to a built-in MP3 player and which soon after evolvedto a built-in camera capable of both photo and video capturing. In the new mobile phonetechnology, users can now surf the internet with WAP-enabled cell phones and can complete amonetary transaction and even shopping with the rise of WAP sites.
Mobile phone
s have become a super gadget with its ubiquity and convenience. Dubbed as theonly universal device by famous 3G strategy consultant author
Tomi T Ahonen
, the
mobilephone
functions as a dependable communication device and so much more:
The Mobile Phone as a Time-Keeping Device
The
mobile phone
has replaced the good old wristwatch after people began relying on their cell phones to tell time. The
mobile phone
also functions as a personal alarm clock (without thehassle of re-setting the alarm because the user can program the days of the week the alarm needsto go off) and even a stopwatch.
The Mobile Phone as a Computation Device
Some mobile phones have a built-in calculator and currency converter, convenient when insituations which require calculations. Because bringing a separate calculator can be a hassle anda currency converter is not easily available just about anywhere, a built-in calculator andcurrency converter in a
mobile phone
is especially convenient.
The Mobile Phone as a Portable Music Device
2003 in South Korea, Sony Music launched a trial promotion of Ricky Martin’s pre-releasedtracks. Martin’s songs converted to MP3 files were sold directly to cell phone owners a week before the album was released and within six days, Martin sold over 100,000 songs. This event paved the way for music consumption among mobile phone users.Mobile phones allow consumers to enjoy downloadable music and, as a matter of fact, themobile music service’s worth sky-rocketed to 31 Billion dollars in 2007.
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