Mobile Phones

Mobile phones.... hmm ok for all the 'nerds' and 'boffins' out there that won't appreciate MY definition of a phone here is Wiki's :

'A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by the mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. by contrast a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.'

Ok happy??

Right now here is MY definition of a mobile phone. A mobile phone is simply a device that is used for quick and easy communication. 

Simples.

It rings you pick it up to speak to whoever it is that's on the other line, if you don't like them you hang up! You receive and send text (sms) other people... blah blah blah....

However nowadays, phones are WAYYYY much more than your basic call and text Nokia's. We now have have phones that can play music or perform any action in a specific location when you tap it on its individual 'smart tag'. Or phones that you hold a button and say 'Tell Mum to hurry up I'm gonna be late again', and it sends a text for you, so the norm of texting on a original phone is sooo the 60's. 

The link below shows us a slide show of how humans got from using a SRA/Ecrisson MTA (Mobile Telephone System A) in 1956 when it weighed the same size of a 13 year! (I know shocker!!) To the present where we have 'Technologised' phones like the iPhone 4s which fit into the palm of our hand.

(Click on the slideshow on the page and read slides 2, 8 and 15)

Evolution Of Mobile Phones

Ok your probably wondering yh get to the point already... Ok so my argument is 'Who Makes Who'?

Yes I know your thinking 'Duhhh humans or machines make phones in China..' That's not what I mean, I mean 'who Makes who'? Do we consumers make the phone by covering it in pink Swarovski crystals and personalising it to our taste. Or does the phone make consumers beacuse of its value, history, spec, features and stereotypes. 

Blackberry's were originally associated with business people as they used it for mulitasking and sending emails etc, now the common 12 year old has one with a bubblegum cover using it to IM her best friend half way across the world!