Technological Timeline - Phones

[N.O.R.F]

Don’t you find it amazing how technology has advanced at such a speed over the last say 10-15 years?

 

I was just thinking about (and was jealous of) my colleague’s new iPhone 4 and what it can do when compared with my first phone, a Motorola pay as go on one-to-one (now T-Mobile for the young ones).

 

 

That was closely followed by a Nokia. Can’t remember the model but the snake game probably wasted a good couple of months of my life.

 

 

 

This was followed by another Nokia (a trend is developing now). It wasn’t this model but a similar one (can’t remember the model number).

 

 

Then there was

 

 

Matrix anyone?

 

All this before cameras were installed.

 

More to come

[Som@li]

It is moving fast, and more to come.

 

A Brief History of the Mobile Phones--Last 20 years

[Jacaylbaro]

 

This was the model not long ago ... I remember 10 years ago you show off with this and get lots of numbers ,,,

[Som@li]

Watch this interesting Telecom Revolution of last 150 years or so

 

[Jacaylbaro]

150 Years aaa ????? waar naga daa deee

[Som@li]

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone.

2010 -1876 = 134

 

I said 150 or so.

[Cara.]

I watched Wall Street a couple of weekends ago and people in the theater laughed when Gordon Gecko gets his cell phone back as he's being released from prison.

 

It's pretty incredible really.

[N.O.R.F]

^LoL. Imagine carrying that around today.

 

Dubai: You have probably heard of the cliché 'you are what you eat' but Gulf News wanted to find out whether people 'are what they speak' so to say. Does the type of mobile phone you carry say something about your character and personality? Experts believe so.

Although there are no perfect stereotypes, it's safe to say that the type of mobile phone you use will lump you into a general personality type category.

 

However, people also use the iphone because it has become somewhat of a fashion statement. Those who tend to wear the latest fashion and the top brands are more likely to want the perfect phone accessory for their ensemble.

As for the BlackBerry, Ali explains its outlook e-mail capabilities make the perfect phone choice for workaholics and highly ambitious people. These types of people want to be a step ahead of everyone else and the BlackBerry is the perfect tool for this. Coined the 'crackberry', the phone becomes one with the person and users can hardly function without it. "BlackBerrys are for serious people, they aren't interested in toys," according to Dubai-based IT professional Haytham Bennani.

But let's not forget the reliable Nokia. Those who use this phone have a very practical approach to life, according to our experts. "They are not trailblazers. They are into their habits, content and satisfied," Bennani says.

 

Ali calls these people, "average joes" who do not stray from their comfort zone in both their technology savvy and spending. They aren't risk-takers, and this can be seen in their appearance. These users would most likely wear lower-end brands that do not put a dent in their pockets or draw the attention of others.

 

Last but not least, we have the super geek—the ANDROID user. This would typically be the quiet introvert in class who is shy to talk to girls and bordering on socially awkward. "There are no users outside geekdom," Ali says. "Like iphone users, they love technologies and apps, but the irony is they hate apple users because of the 'geeky' rivalry," he explains. However, there is good news for ANDROID users in that with the advent of Facebook and Twitter their socially introverted personalities are flourishing through social networking, facebook and tweets! According to Ali, these geeks have become the "new cool crowd", so look out iphone users, you may have some competition coming your way.

 

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/society/beware-of-geeks-bearing-androids-1.698358

[Geel_jire]

it is amazing the range of applications possible on these phones.

 

if you stop to think about what phones can do these days and imagine your first mobile phone and it how it stacks up.

 

my first phone was a nokia 3XXX can remember the model .. but i once dropped it on my toe and hurt like hell.

 

now I have a phone that I use to remotely control my home computer, and I have softwar based remote starter for my car on my phone that I can start from anywhere.

 

my work phone is tied into my company network .. I can do about 50% of my work from it without showing at the office.

[Nin-Yaaban]

This is the latest craze in Kismaayo. Comes in black too.