If there is ever a form of technology growing so incredibly fast that people are finding it hard to keep up with, it has to be the cell phone industry! Everyday new phones are entering the market with new computerized accessories that only a few years were not even dreamed about.
Cell Phone History
Do you remember a time when nobody carried a cell phone? When we were forced to wait in line for a payphone? Then the first analog mobile phones were introduced into the world and everyone marveled at their ability to allow people to communicate on the run.
It wasn’t long after that when every phone was switched to digital technology and you had to throw out your analog phone for a more high tech digital one. You could have just said – “no I don’t need to buy a new one” but inevitably you had become so attached to your phone, that you felt like it would be taking a piece of you away, so you bought a new one to replace your one now in the rubbish bin.
Now let’s skip ahead a few years and from the basic digital black and white screened cell phones, color technology was invented which opened up a lot of other avenues. Games became more graphically advanced and there was one other thing that made a huge impact on the cell phone industry – the inbuilt digital camera!
With the ability to take and store digital photos on your phone, we started to open up our minds, imagining the possibilities. Would cell phones become our new personal computer? We’re not there yet but we sure are getting close to it. Now it has only been 10 short years since the first digital cell phone was introduced into the world and look how far we have already come!
Latest Cell Phone Technology – The iPhone
The iPhone is has just been released and is taking the world by storm. With it’s sleek look and huge range of features, it was sure to make a huge impact in the cell phone world. Created by Apple, it was designed to target those looking for a phone with the potential to store a large amount of songs inside.
If you take a look at it, you will notice it basically looks the same as an ipod! It boasts an enormous screen with touch technology. There are very few phones on the market today that rival the iPhone in any area. It looks great, has an excellent inbuilt camera, cool touch screen, nice graphics. It basically is the closest thing to a hand-held PC.
With the invention of the iPhone, it’s safe to say that they cell phone industry is definitely moving in the right direction!
By: Dane J Stanton
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January 29th, 2010The Technology of Video Teleconferencing
December 21st, 2009
Video teleconferencing (VTU) services have facilitated long distance communication among friends and businesses.Over the years, the need for these conferencing services has increased and the technology used to run this service is also improving.The popularity of this service can be mainly attributed to businesses that are using it to conduct offshore business meetings among employees and clients.There are different types of conferencing services to choose from.Businesses can choose one that suits their requirements best. In doing so,it is important to understand the technology used in the services.
Basically, there are two types of video teleconferencing systems.They are dedicated systems and desktop systems.The difference between these two is in the components they are made up of. Generally, there are several components in this system.They are:
Video camera or web cam- required for getting visual inputs A computer monitor or television- required to get the television output. Audio aids. Lan or internet connection for data transfer.In dedicated systems, all these components are integrated in a single piece of equipment. It contains all the electrical interfaces, audio aids, and an image projector as well.There are many types of dedicated systems including large, small and individual VTUs.They are classified based on portability and cost.
The second type of VTU is called desktop VTU.By using desktop systems, video conferences can be carried out using dispersed personal computers.They are like add-ons to a personal computer.
One should choose that video teleconferencing device that suits their budget and business needs best.
By: Vikas S
PDA Phones – Arm Yourself With This Modern Communication Weapon
December 14th, 2009
Revolution in communication technology made mobile phone a gadget to be held in everybody’s hand. And now when mobile phones are no more a bizarre, phones equipped with PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) facility have become hot gadget of the day. Contrary to earlier when calling was the main purpose of holding a mobile phone in pocket, now it has become a more sophisticated communication tool to be used not only in talking to other persons. Now mobile phones have taken a form of PDA phones allowing us to perform plenteous functions easing our daily life.
Phones equipped with PDA functionality have abundant of features enabling us to use it much alike our personal computer. In fact, such kind of phones are innovative step of communication technology which have been strengthening since the birth of telephone. PDA phones combine the features of both a PDA and a mobile phone. For business executives, this communication gadget appears to be their best weapon to carry always in their pocket. The reason of it is palpable – it is not always possible to be close to your laptop and office desktop. And this phone acting as your pocket PC keeps you at freedom to avail many of computer tasks like MS Office, Internet, etc.
Besides, it does have all functions what your smart phone have. Features like video camera, video recorder, voice recorder, picture and video editor, etc. make you enjoy your mobility at its best. You can download audio as well as video songs of your choice, and can hear all your favourite music tracks. More to add, you can even download several of free software which are available free and enhance the joy of having PDA phones. Software like PDA gaming and PDA Bible can be downloaded at no cost from several of websites. Thus, owning a PDA equipped mobile phone can be entertaining as well quite useful. Buying it may take you some consideration, as flood of manufactures have lined up with many brands. It is better that you do some online research, and then come up with your decision to buy one.
By: Darlene Kaitlene