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Cell Phones

Do you remember a time when the word cell phone didn't mean anything to people? When if you spoke about making a phone call out in the middle of nowhere, people would first reason that you needed a phone booth or to find a building with a phone in it. Today, the cell phone technology is in full swing and everybody, even children, have cellular phones in their possession.

The cell phone is more and more becoming synonymous with mobile computer. Mobile phones are becoming as powerful as our laptop computers, and fit in our pockets! People are even working from them now. Just ten years ago the mobile internet was cheesy and too cumbersome to do anything on, especially work on articles for a content provider company or even email. Today, however, cell phones come with full web browsers in full color. What you see on your home computer shows up on your iPhone picture for picture.

The cell phone plan has also evolved in it's lifetime. Their used to only be one plan available for all cell phones, but due to the advancements in technologies and the highly competitive markets surrounding cell phones, there are different plans for each company. Many cell phones are created specifically for a company's plan matrix. These phones can only be used with the company plan that makes the phone, but people are starting to "unlock" these phones so they can use them with any service. The cell phone companies, figuring they can't beat the market, and joined them- offering now unlocked phones straight from the manufacturer.

Plans have also come out for seniors to go with easy to use non technological phones, as well as plans and cell phones for smaller children that limit their use to only calling their parents or 911, or a small and programmable list of family members. Cell phones have become a major part of everyone's life keeping us connected to those that matter to us. The cell phone continues to evolve. Every year we wait for the next new feature or concept that will further integrate the cell phone into our lives seamlessly!