Smartphones and mobile phones have transformed communication and access to information over the past several decades. The first mobile phone was used by Swedish police in 1946 but only allowed for a few calls before draining the car battery. Major developments in the 1980s-1990s led to smaller phones with better batteries and the introduction of text messaging. Modern smartphones provide portable access to the internet, apps, music, books, and social media, revolutionizing how people stay connected at all times. However, critics argue that overuse of mobile devices can negatively impact health, increase stress, and reduce privacy and quality of language usage.

1. Smartphones and Mobile
Phone Technology
Andrew Chang, Naeun Choi, Nicholas Delrose, Charlotte Gilmore,
Silvia Manolache

2. What are we talking about??
• The world is flat
• Bringing people together.....?
• Changing the way things work.

3. "Text messages are like little sugar rushes of contact,
postcards from the people's cyberspace, the real
reason God gave us thumbs and the capacity for
language"

4. History
- The first official mobile phone
used in Sweden by the Swedish
police in 1946; could make 6
phone calls before car's battery
was drained
- development of first cell phone
(creation of towers/cells at Bell
Labs in 1947
- FCC?
- 1983 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
made commercially available: 2
lbs, $3,500
- 1991 Motorola MicroTac Lite the
lightest phone: $1,000

5. History cont.
- 2nd generation: from the early
1990's
- smaller, better batteries, huge
increase in popularity
- 3rd generation: include 2
Megabits of maximum data rate
indoors and 384 kbits for
outdoor use
- include internet access and
other modern innovations
- 1993 IBM developed first
smartphone, Simon

6. Uses
- Smartphones provide portable
use of IT
- Entertainment Uses:
games, music (mp3
player), books (e-book), and
digital television broadcast
- Social Uses: phone call, text
message, wireless internet
(access to e-mail, social
networking websites)
- Organization Uses:
calendar, finance
manager, address
book, storage for data

7. Uses cont.
- Hospital Uses: used to view
image (x-ray, MRI, etc).
means of communication
between nurses and clinicians.
- Museum Uses: audio guide is
provided through cell phones.
- China: mobile learning
provides access to lectures
and test preps.

8. Benefits
• Mobile technology is key to
keeping in touch in the
modern world.
• Text messaging
• Smart Phones aren't only
used for
communication, but for
organizing
schedules, jotting down
notes, playing
music, games, checking
the weather, and other
applications.

9. Benefits Cont.
• Cell Phones
"revolutionized long
distance calling", making it
much more inexpensive for
long distance
communication.
• Cell phone logs have also
been helpful in court cases
where they can be used as
evidence. (You may
also consider this a
disadvantage)

10. Criticisms
- negative health affects
(increases resting blood
pressure, reduces production
of melatonin, related to
Altzeimers's Disease, linked
to cancer)
- increased stress level
(fatigue, headache, difficulty
in concentration, disturbance
in sleep)
- male infertility
- effect on children; the
"blackberry father"
- risk in driving
- reduced privacy
- effects on language

11. Summary/Opinion
• Mobile technology and
smart phones play a major
role in every day life, and
their importance is
expected to continue, and
even increase in the
future.
• The pho

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