The Multiplying Power of Cellphones

The way cellphones have led innovation and growth in the communications industry is astonishing. As the world is going super tech savvy, manufacturers observe these growing needs of people and try to address them by making more sophisticated handsets. Many high-end mobile phones available now have the processing power and storage capacity that was available in desktop computers a mere 4-5 years back

With this rapid technology advancement in cellphones coming with multiple features to make your life easy, the government also seems to be promoting the devices openly by featuring their free government cellphone plans. As such, cell phones are slowly becoming indispensable for all, in the real sense of the word. They no longer serve as communications devices to help people connect with each other over a call or text message. Mobiles serve as watches, calculators and alarm clocks too! Even with the limited free games that come with basic handsets, they are deemed fit enough to fill your leisure time. 

Besides calling, there is a fair number of other tasks that cellphones of today perform. Here is a quick snapshot and the percentage to which these tasks are performed using cellphones. 

In a queer way, cellphones help us so much to manage our daily schedules and work that they’ve become a part of our existence. Their contribution is big but it often goes unnoticed as we consider them very much a part of our being. For one, they help us navigate unfamiliar neighborhoods, they hold the key to all our contacts, e-mails, and addresses, making them available for us at a quick moment. The calendar function helps us manage our reminders and ensure that we never miss an important meeting or appointment. 

While the list is endless, below are some of the things that more advanced mobile phones are also doing:

Camera: cellphones have cameras that help us not only click pictures but also let us save them for posterity or transfer them to other devices and people.

Audio recording: Mobile phones can be used to record conversations or a vocal note and even brief notes to oneself.

Video recording: Cellphones can work as video cameras that become quite handy at functions, family events or parties.

Instant messaging and Social Networking: Everything recorded can be shared with others by using the messaging facility or via social networking platforms.

Gaming platform: Mobile games have slowly turned into big business in the past few years as people seek entertainment in their free time and find it great if their mobiles serve as that kind of a platform.

Documents viewer: Sophisticated software have made it possible to also view and edit documents on the cellphone, in the popular MS-Office file formats or other compatible formats.

Music player: Almost everyone nowadays has an appetite for music and cellphones address that need aptly by serving as an mp3 player as well as a radio.

Looking at how these devices are slowly changing the way world functions, it won’t surprise us if the cellphones of tomorrow turn out to be the remote controls of our life. With faster networks and amazing data services, cellphones have pretty much become the most dependable and useful gadgets of our times.