The developments in mobile phone (cell) technology, just over the last 10 years have been staggering.When mobile phones first hit the market they required a trolley to carry around only had buttons 1-9.These days, phones are a different beast altogether. You can download videos to watch on your phone, get real-time news fed into it and even use it as a satellite navigation device. However, the mobile phone is set to reach a whole new level of tech domination soon, and experts are predicting that it will be the only gadget we need to carry around with us.
Richard Kane, technology researcher at the University of Bath recently gave his opinion on how mobile phones will advance. “ I predict that very soon all the requirements of the modern way of life will be served by phones…technology is getting smaller thanks to things like mini Deutsch connectors and people are becoming ever more mobile, so it make sense that people want to carry their life in their pocket”.
MP3 players used to be things you had in addition to your phone, but as there is plenty of storage room in your cell these days, more and more people are using them for their music devices. The cameras in phones now are catching up normal digital cameras, and can offer mega pixel specs of up to 10.0, have a whole host of different shooting functions and again, can easily store whole photo albums. Internet browsing has been made very easy on the latest phones, and many websites have started creating ‘phone-friendly’ versions of their sites in response to the growth in phone browsing.
Some critics have suggested that people will not want to give up the luxury of having large viewing screens like they do on their PCs, or TVs. However, Nokia have recently released a phone with an incorporated projector built in that can provide a screen size of up to 50 inches. It seems like it’s out with home entertainment units and cable ties, and in with nana processers and micro fan accessories, powering some of the most power bits of kit the world has ever seen.