Post on 28-Dec-2015
Contents
• Before mobile phones• Mobile phones previously• Changes• Mobile phones now• What can be done with mobile
phones nowadays• The future of mobile phones
Before Mobile Phones
• Car phones• A very small part of society could
have them• Businessmen, people of high positions• Were quite costly• These people found that they needed
the phone not just in the car• Led to mobile telephones
Mobile Phones Before
• Big• Long antennae• Used just as phones and a
phonebook• Constantly needed charging• May not have even had a screen• Were still used mostly by the same
people who had car phones
Changes
• Personalised ring tones• Coloured lights• Changeable covers• No antennae• Basic pictures• Text messages
All of these seemed great changes at the time!!!
Mobile Phones Now
• Calling is just a feature of the many features of mobile phones
• Camera• SMS, MMS• Information portal• Music player• Bluetooth• Games
And many, many more features…
What Can Be Done With Mobile Phones
What a person can do with a mobile phone nowadays is just a never-ending list, which is constantly growing.
Some of the things:1. Surf the Internet – 3G / WAP / GPRS2. Check e-mail3. Use messenger features (msn, yahoo, aol
etc..) using e-messenger
4. Send e-mails• Update blogs• Send photos more cheaply
5.Check the Latest newshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4035293.stm
6.Obtain information• London underground routes
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/mobile/
• Google mobilehttp://mobile.google.co.uk/
Other things which can be done
• Can make a WAP site http://www.winksite.com
• Send text messages by email http://www.textmagic.co.uk/magicmessage/email_to_sms.html
or from websiteshttp://www.o2.co.uk
The Future of Mobile Phones
• Facilities on mobiles are ever-increasing
• It is said that mobiles will become like PCs – you will be able to custom-build your own mobile
• The two worlds are coming closer and closer together.
• May eventually replace computers (I doubt it)
List of Useful Websites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4035293.stm
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/mobile/
http://mobile.google.co.uk/
http://www.e-messenger.net
http://www.winksite.com
http://www.textmagic.co.uk/magicmessage/email_to_sms.html
http://www.o2.co.uk
http://www.phlog.net