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What can your cell phone do? If it is like most cell phones you can check your email, Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook all while you are talking to one of your closest friends or co-workers.
People have different reasons for owning a cell phone, maybe it is to keep in touch with old friends and family, for emergency purposes, for entertainment like music, pictures, and games, or maybe it is just to fit in and show off to the rest of society. With well over 60% of the world’s population subscribed to one or more cell phones, it would be very hard to defend yourself for NOT having one. With that being said, it is very obvious that cell phones have become a staple in our everyday lives.
If you were to look at the first cell phone made, the DynaTAC, and compare it to the models you see available today, you would be very shocked. The DynaTAC, by Motorola, (aka: the brick) made its debut in 1983 and cost consumers a whopping $3,500. Now phones come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and prices. It is very easy to find a phone for $50, but it is just as easy to find one for $1,000. The price, of course, is based on its functionality. The more your phone can do, the more it is going to cost you.
There are now what I like to call “PC phones”. They are phones that come with an operating system, like Windows Mobile. This gives your phone the same look and functionality of a PC. The most current version of Windows Mobile is 6.5, which was released on May 11, 2009. Some of the standard features of a Windows Mobile phone are: the Today Screen, Internet Explorer web browser, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Office Mobile, which includes, Excel, Word, and Outlook, and of course it comes with the ability to run multiple applications at once.
I have learned through time that cell phones are just like cars. There is a new version out every year and it is always smaller, more functional, and nicer to look at. Since 1973 people have enjoyed the thought of not being tethered to a copper wire while talking on the phone and now they can be anywhere in the world (as long as there is a tower nearby). Cell phones put an end to not being available and made it possible to keep in touch no matter where we are in life or geographically.
To see an in-depth review of the best Windows Mobile Phones on the market, see the JustForPC Windows Phone Review.
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I was reading your article and I couldn’t help but to smile. I remember when the DynaTAC came out! Thanks for the blast from the past. Great article!