The Mobile Phone, Our Greatest Impact on Mobile Technology.

I think you have to say that the mobile phone has to have the greatest impact on mobile technology. Just as you can see from the video you youtube here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKhOJQzaTs&feature=youtu.be, you can actually see the evolution of how the mobile phone has come along. Now everyone has a cell phone, and most people own smartphones of which does everything for you. You can leave your wallet or purse as long as you have your phone. We have become a society so reliant upon our phones, and what they can do for us this is why I feel it has to have the greatest impact on us as Americans.

I'm 34 years of age, and I remember growing up watching the Jetson's cartoon. I always said how cool would it be if we could actually talk to someone on the phone and be able to see them. Nowadays if you don't have Skype no worries, you can still make an android to android video calls. You don't have an android it's okay iPhones do facetime as well. Oh, wait you don't have compatible phones, no worry again, get on and download Google Hangouts, or Snapchat and what I thought was so cool on the Jetson's is just everyday life here now. While thinking of this, I looked at the following website and even though it mainly talks about flying cars it really made me think. While I was so stoked when mom and dad actually got a phone without a cord so I could talk to girls in private, always wishing the Jetson's cartoon was real. As I've stated above, they have started with the phone, but this article says we might be closer to the Jetson's lifestyle than we believe. http://www.article-3.com/wheres-my-jetpack-912808.html.

Maybe thinking space cars is a bit extreme and we may or may not see it during my lifetime. However, you can't deny that just looking at how phones have taken over our everyday life has impacted almost everyone immediately. As I said earlier, you can leave everything except your phone. Your phone can pay for products either online or at a store no matter which smartphone you have. It has your maps on it so you can get around everywhere you wanna go. It stores your numbers so you can reach out in moments of help, and if they don't answer just call or text someone else, someone will eventually answer you. You get pulled over, or God forbid an accident you don't have a wallet on you, again no worries your phone has your ID and insurance right there for you. Also, they keep evolving to help better make our lives more convenient. CNN has some ideas of how the smartphone will change over the next few years in this article, http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/opinion/curran-lampe-mobile-phones/index.html, I'm unsure if I agree with it all, but I'm also the guy who never thought we'd be able to look at someone while talking to them on the phone.

References:

Scott-Curran, S., Lampe, T. and CNN, S. to (2012) Smartphone of the future will be in your brain. Available at: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/opinion/curran-lampe-mobile-phones/index.html (Accessed: 2 February 2017).

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• (Scott-Curran, Lampe, and CNN, 2012)
 

Wilson, J., Savas, A., Deering, S., Hower, M., Baur, J., Sinberg, S. and Bates, E. (2013) Life like the Jetsons is closer than you think. Available at: http://www.article-3.com/wheres-my-jetpack-912808.html (Accessed: 2 February 2017).

In-text citations: 

• (Wilson et al., 2013)

MTM 3933 (2013) MTM3933 evolution of wireless technologies. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKhOJQzaTs&feature=youtu.be (Accessed: 2 February 2017).

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• (MTM 3933, 2013)