Is the mobile phone really useful for human being? Were not we more happy than now without the machine basicly
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I love my cell phone and now I don't have a land line at home. Like anything, I think it can be abused or overused. I think its very rude to be dealing with a customer or walking with someone and be on the phone with someone else.
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Motorola invented the cell phone.  They have been considered to be the bench mark to which all portable communication devices are compared for the past several decades.  They still make an excellent phone for the most part.  I have had great experience with them.  I have had terrible luck with Nokia.  Audiovox and Samsung have been great for me as well.
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1. As an engineer, I've worked intimately with high-technoloogy. The interesting thing is that many people are unaware of some of the ways technology influences their lives. From the sensors that control the airbags in their cars, to traffic indicators with burried sensors, to cell phones, and even the way mail gets sorted. It's ubiquitous.\n\n2. Technology helps in research, in travel and even entertainment.\n\n3. Technology, when it malfunctions can be extremely frustrating. About the only thing it doesn't help with is in enjoying the out-doors, as long as you don't count the technology in your footwear, and you don't use a GPS.... etc.\n\n4. I know many people who've gotten together on MySpace and other sites. I, too have made friends. Certainly it's helping people to get together in some ways. On the other hand, if you spend all your time on the computer, you tend to lose the real-life relationships that are very important.\n\n5. False dichotomy. People want to see things as good or bad; right or wrong; innocent or guilty; straight or gay; whatever. Technology can't be pinned down to such a thing. I think that technology is purely neutral. It's how it is used that is good or bad. Just like a gun, an inanimate object. It could be used to gather food, for protection from wild animals, or even as a hammer. It could also used to commit a crime. The object, or technology has no inherent good-ness or bad-ness.\n\n6. Technology is becoming more ubiquitous and more embedded in our lives. It will continue on to the point where we view it as an extension of ourselves, like clothing. We hopefully will use it more and more, but not become so dependent on it that we are unable to function without it.\n\n7. That's an impossible question as every tool we have is technology. From the early spears to kill game, to heated rocks to keep oneself warm in the cold. People tend to think of computers and cell phones and automobiles as technology, forgetting that they are simply logical extensions of the technology of our forebears. To attempt to exist completely without technology leaves one naked in the woods.\n\nWithout computers or telephones or automobiles, some of us would still be quite happy, knowing how to survive without these things. Hopefully I could retain some of my books (technically, they are technology), and I could be quite comfortable (assuming that the technology deficit happened during the spring or summer and I was able to prepare for the harsher seasons).
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No, and it has just been proven, through a long, comprehensive study in the UK, that cellphones have no impact at all on cancer or any other problems. This is pure urban legend, and has no basis in scientific fact.
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you can take a cellular phone, it's work very well ;)
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Isn't that rude? I think that the very concept behind cell phones is to be as connected as possible, and I guess that means calling someone AS SOON AS YOU CAN!
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A very good, complicated and interesting question.  Katy brought up a good point.  You could write entire book on how cell phones has changed daily life around the world.  Just think of how many business decisions are now done in real time rather than getting to a land line (telephone.)  Or how about a reporter in the field giving a story before he or she has set up the equipment to broadcast the story?  Or how about the reporting of the Iraq war where no broadcasting equipment was even available?  With cell phones, many of which now have cameras built into them, people are taking pictures of crimes as they occur.   This is also true for reporting crimes in areas that didn’t normally have phone access.\n\nSince you didn’t speak of which wireless technology you were referring to I can only assume you are talking about all wireless technology so I will discuss some others here.\n\nIn the last few years wireless networking for home computing has really taken off.  It has become much more affordable and easier to configure for the average person.  Now here is where it gets interesting.   Many new laptops have the ability for you to use a wireless networking adapter in them or with them.  Some cities, including mine in Anaheim California, are going to make the whole city wireless!   They are going to install wireless Internet transmitters all over Anaheim so everyone has a wireless connection to the Internet.  Even people visiting from out of town can use the wireless system but they have to pay a small access fee.   Can you imagine driving across the county someday and being able to access the Internet right from your car?\n\n\nLet us not forget that the first wireless technology started with the radio.  Man discovered radio in the late 1800’s.  Radio technology grew in bits and pieces but by the turn of the century wireless communications had been established.  All wireless routers and wireless Internet communication uses radio waves to send the data.\n\n\nLet us not forget RADAR.  RADAR is an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging\nand helped us win the world war II.  One of the first uses of Microwave technology was used in RADAR in the world war II also.  Most households now use Microwaves to cook food with so radio waves also help us heat things\n\n\nWhat about television transmission?  Isn’t that also wireless?  Although many people now use cable (because they have paid for premium channels) television is a wireless technology.\n\nAnd others:\n\nRadio transponders to find lost aircraft (also a transponder)\nLo Jack stolen automobile retrieval device (also a transponder)\nNavigation\n\nRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) (also a transponder)\nRadio Frequency Identification is a way to remotely receive data from RFID tags or transponders.  They are used on toll roads and even at Mc Donald’s to buy lunch with a swipe of a small device.  They are used soo much that this needs to be researched all by itself.\n\nWhat all wireless technologies have in common is that they are all based on Radio waves.  All of things that I have mentioned are based on Radio technology \n\n\nP.S.  I usually don’t cut and paste and if I do I will say that, that is what I am doing and explain where that information came from.  I like to read information from multiple information sources then put that information together in my own words while keeping the article technically and factually correct.  And as always, I will point to web sites or other information to prove that my information is factual.
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It has become one of the most popular forms of communication. Over the last ten years, I know personally that my phone use has gone down while my e-mailing has gone up. I could write an e-mail in five minutes and send it to 20 people instead of calling 20 people and spending at least 10 minutes on the phone with them. It is also a huge tool for gathering information. You can get statistics of trivial information on almost anything. I have noticed fewer kids at the library over the years. It has improves our lives in some ways and hurt in other ways. I do believe that many people spend too much time on their computers.
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Cell phones and pagers, part of the technological revolution that was supposed to liberate everyone, is tethering people to their jobs to an unprecedented degree, to the point where family life is suffering.\nThe research, by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sociologist Noelle Chesley, appears in the December issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family.\n\n\n"The use of cell phones and pagers was linked to increased distress and a decrease in family satisfaction over time," said Chesley, an assistant professor of sociology. "There is clearly a link between using the technology and experiencing increased access."\n\n\nFor the study, Chesley interviewed working couples over two time periods -- from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. She found that between the interview periods, the use of cell phones and pagers decreased family satisfaction and increased distress and negative work-to-family and family-to-work spillover.\n\n\n"These technologies are linked to negative experiences and feelings from the workplace spilling over into the home," Chesley said. "We are becoming more accessible, which is letting in more of the bad than the good."\n\n\n"Women get kind of a double whammy," she added. "For women, in addition to having a lot of this stuff from work spill over into home life, they get the opposite. There is also a lot of negative stuff from home spilling over into the workplace."\n\n\nChesley thinks that better management of cell phone use is needed to reduce the stress effect she uncovered. Perhaps employers and employees should set limits on reaching each other to allow time for more positive family interaction, she suggested.\n\n\n"The question is, are these technologies helping us or hurting us in our daily life," Chesley asked. "The results of this study indicate that technology may not be so great."\n\n\nOne expert thinks the findings support the idea that cell phones are changing culture -- and not necessarily for the better.\n\n\n"These findings seem to support my intuitions about how cell phones affect our daily lives -- blurring boundaries between work and family life because of increased accessibility," said Tate Kubose, a cognitive scientist at the University of Illinois Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.\n\n\n"They also support the notion that we should really appreciate our women more, as they seem to shoulder a lot of the burden, even in marriages where both spouses work," he added.
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It continues to impact use.  Since the internet is part of telecommunication in the broader sense, it has affected you right now as you are reading this.  The distance between people grows less and less everyday.
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No. I'm alright taking to people on the phone or face to face.  In my opinion i think it is stupid it takes the fun an enjoyment of talking to somebody. Call me old fahion but i like the old way better than the new one.
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Hi Sweetie,\n\nHere is a different perspective for you about the internet.\n\nFirst, I well remember the days before Personal Computers, and before the internet, and when cell phones were in their (very expensive) infancy.  Communications between people was more expensive, took longer, and was far less convenient.  It was much harder to get up to date information, esp. say, weather, movies, and reference data.  And I am just going back to 1990!  While personal computers were available, not a lot of people had them, they were a HUGE investment, and far fewer people had access to any of the (also expensive) online companies, which were a far cry from what we have online today.\n\nSecond, there are many people in the world who are isolated, whether it be by circumstances, geographical location, or by disability/illness.  The internet has opened up the world to these people in a way most of us never imagined!  A lot of such people can now be actively and productively employed via the internet, where before they were unable to work.\n\nThird, just about anything invented eventially gets a dark side to it as well as the bright side.  It's just part of the way the world (unfortunately), is.  No matter where you go or what you do there are hazards, but that doesn;'t keep most people from going to work, or school, or the local mall, and neither should it keep people from enjoying all the internet has to offer.\n\nBe informed, be cautious, be safe ... and HAVE FUN!!
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I do have a mobile but I don't use it nearly as much as I did before I retired. Like all technology, it has its uses but one should be aware of its drawbacks. Although mine is a relatively simple model, it has some features which I have found very useful.\n\n1) As a phone. My contract gives me 'free' minutes and it's cheaper to call a landline than it is to use the house phone in many cases. A contact point when shopping or at the mercy of public transport. In public I try to keep conversation to the minimum and not to share with half the supermarket a discussion on whether or not we need that special offer. A valuable method of verifying directions at the end of a journey. Where it is not necessary to discuss something, merely to convey information, I use text. In fact I will text rather than speak in most cases. Again, the contract has free texts per month month\n\n2) As a calendar/reminder. My phone synchronises with my Outlook calendar. This is on the whole more convenient than a pocket diary.\n\n3) Camera. At first I thought that a camera would be a silly luxury. In fact it has a surprisingly good camera and I use it particularly if there is text I would like to record - a poster, restaurant menu, price tickets and articles seen in shops which I need a second opinion on. It's much quicker than finding paper or notepad and writing down the information. I can download the pictures to the PC, write down the information at leisure and then delete the image.\n\nMy phone is not an essential piece of equipment, nor am I really lost without it, but I do find valid uses for it and I think I would miss it somewhat if I didn't have it now.\n\n----------------------\nWith regard to the chicken recipe, I made some additional comments in answer to your question. I would have sent you a message but you don't have your contact option turned on. (*Pace* Community Guidelines!)
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Yes, Why Don u jus search the web.\ntry this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
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Somewhat. Since cellphone services support short message services which is also like paging, it relieves users to carry both cellphones and beepers. However, some professionals like medical staff sill use pagers because messages qickly pass through to the users.
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No, my job does not, but I totally know what you mean. Cell phones are great for most people - but have you ever been in an airport and watched those poor businessmen? They are like making deals while standing in line! Travel was probably their one escape from work during the pre-cell era. Now that is gone. How sad.
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AS for example.........\n\n\n Almost one in two people\naround the world now use their mobile device as \ntheir main camera and almost\none-third of Canadians own a mobile phone with a built-in camera. Over two\nthirds of consumers predict a music-enabled mobile will replace their MP3\nplayer and nearly half want to connect up their mobile device with their home\nelectronics. According to new research from Nokia, consumers are not only\nembracing convergence but clamouring for more of it.\n    To give Canadians exactly what they're looking for, Nokia has introduced\nthe Nokia 6682 smartphone - a handset that is classic in style, but contains a\nlong list of advanced features. From a 1.3 megapixel camera to video editing\ncapabilities, the Nokia 6682 mobile phone makes image capture, printing and\nsharing as easy as 1-2-3. The camera captures both high-quality still images\nand up to one hour of video. Video and imaging editing applications can add\nblack and white or sepia-tone effects, for example, and allows users to\ncustomize the captured content before sharing it with friends and family.\n    Built on the world's leading smartphone platform, Series 60 on the\nSymbian Operating System, the Nokia 6682 smartphone can support a large, and\never-expanding, library of fun and useful applications. Thousands of S60\napplications, offering synchronization, gaming, time management, and\nentertainment, are available for download from a wide array of websites such\nas www.handango.com.\n\n    The world's growing love affair with mobile devices\n    Multifunctional mobile devices have already replaced certain gadgets in\npeople's lives. Nearly half of respondents (44%) use their mobile device as\ntheir primary camera, with India being home to the most prolific mobile\nphotographers (68%). In Canada, households with children were more likely to\nuse a camera phone; however households without kids actually took more\npictures. When it came to sharing, 36 per cent of Canadians share their\npictures with friends and family, either by displaying them on their handset\nor sending them via Bluetooth technology.\n    Globally, seventy two per cent now don't use a separate alarm clock and\n73 per cent use their mobile as their main watch or clock.\n    When it comes to surfing the web on the move, over a third (36%) of\nrespondents are browsing on their mobile devices at least once a month.\nInevitably, Japan leads the way in mobile Internet usage with 37 per cent\nadmitting to going online on their mobile on a daily basis.\n    With an ever increasing list of features, it's not surprising that people\ncan't imagine life without a mobile. Globally, 94 per cent of survey\nrespondents plan to have a mobile in the future and over 60 per cent of\nCanadians now own a cell phone. People in Brazil love mobiles so much that 100\nper cent believe they'll own a mobile device in years to come. In fact,\nmobiles are so indispensable that over one in five (21%) would be more upset\nabout losing their mobile than their wallet, credit cards and even their\nwedding ring.\n    Canadians are also showing love for their phone as almost 40 per cent are\npersonalizing their phones by adding wallpaper or changing their ringtone.\nStudents are definitely ahead of the crowd and make up almost three-quarters\nof this group, with most personalizing their handsets at least once per month.\n\n    Recording the impact of mobile music\n    Digital music has completely re-shaped the world's music buying and\nlistening habits: the study found 67 per cent of people around the world now\ndownload a percentage of their music and 87 per cent claim their music in-take\nhas increased since owning a digital music device. Germany clocks up the most\nlistening time: 28 per cent admit to listening to 21 hours or more of music\nevery week. And what is the world listening to? Pop (35%), followed by rock\n(21%), dance (8%) and classical (7%).\n    Musi