Cellphone Technology

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Cellphone Technology

• Yingjie Li (Lily)
• TL729
• Professor Baker

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Rational for choosing cellphone Tech.

• Very wide use (more than1.5 billion people)
• My own experience
• Great potential usage in education ( find out
  during my research)

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History of Development of Cellphone

• Dr. Martin Cooper and the worlds first
  cellphone(1973)
• Motorola company and first cellphone for
  market(1983)

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History of Development of Cellphone

• More than a million subscribers in U.S.(1990)
• More than 1.5 billion consumers in the
  world(2004)

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Description of the Cellphone

• Feature Innovation
• Basic features
• Advanced features
• How does a cellphone work?
• Base stations?Mutiple cells?City to city?Whole
  country

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Basic features

• Callings (in out)
• SMS
• Storing contact information
• Simple games
• Build-in calculator, calendar, reminder
• Voice mail

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Advanced features

• Internet Browser
• Build-in camera (still and video)
• Graphics displays
• Downloadable programs
• Integrating with other high-tech products, e.g.
  PDAs, Laptops, GPS, and Bluetooth, etc

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Base stations?Mutiple cells?City to city?Whole
country

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If you cant beatem, joinemTeaching Today,
Education Up Close, January 2005

• There is about 70 of the U.S population who have
  cell phones. In schools, there are 55 of teens
  have cell phones. (Washington Post, 2005)
• Building up the bridge between parents and
  schools
• Second language learning potential
• Schools outdoor activities
• In/out of the classroom

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Bibliographies

• Franz Prichard (February 5, 2004),Youth and Cell
  Phones Observations and Explorations, Adjunct
  Research Associate, Clarity Innovations, Inc,
  www.clarity-innovations.com
• Marc Prensky (2004), What Can You Learn From A
  Cell Phone? Almost Anything!, www.innovateonline.
  info/index.php?viewarticleid83
• Cell phones Nuisance or Necessity, January 2005,
  Education Up Close, Teaching Today,
  www.glencoe.com
• www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone