How have mobile phones altered our way of life

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How have mobile phones altered our way of life?

• ETEC 531
• Project 3
• Catherine Li
• 62810940

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A brief history of electronic communication tools.

• Telegram
• Home phone (fixed line)
• Pager receive incoming calls and message no
  outgoing calls
• Mobile phone

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The Born of Mobile Phones Joining People

• Makes it much easier to access a person
• Before mobile phones became popular, we gave
  people our home phone numbers or office phone
  numbers for contact.
• Now, a person can be easily accessed with just
  one mobile phone number.
• Blurs the boundaries
• most service providers offer international
  roaming.
• receive and send calls as if you were in town.
• Additional communication functions Voice mail,
  SMS
• if a person cannot be reached at a certain time,
  the caller can either leave a voice message or
  send an SMS to that person.

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Cost

• Flexible cost actually the cost is declining as
  competition among service providers is keen
• Buy a SIM card and charge as you talk
• Visit a service provider and subscribe to a
  monthly plan that suits you
• Functions like call waiting, caller ID, 3-way
  conference, line forwarding.. are free or offered
  at a low price

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Your mobile phone tells who you are.

• Personalize your phone to make it a fashion
• Change the skin of your phone (limited to some
  models)
• Add a neck strap or a hand strap
• Set your desired ringing tones and wallpaper

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An All-in-One business entertainment machine

• Send and receive SMS, voice mail (act like a
  secretary)
• Photo taking (todays highest resolution is 1.3
  mega pixels)
• Movie clips
• mp3, radio, Internet
• PDA functions calendar, calculator, address
  book, games
• GPRS