Wireless Phones

The notion of wireless phones represents one of the several denominations used to refer to cellphones, hand phones or mobile phones. Although initially designed to support the standard voice functions specific to a regular phone, such devices have in time been given more and more additional services and accessories. Thus, besides the text messaging, one can get instant messages, emails, switch the packet to access the Internet, take photos with an inbuilt camera, listen to the radio or to MP3s, watch videos or play games, use the GPS and other satellite systems. Wireless phones are really jam-packed with features, some more complex than the others.

The real father of the wireless phones is considered to be the Motorola researcher Martin Cooper who invented the first handheld device for mobile communication independent from a vehicle setting. The first cellular network ever launched in a city was NTT in Japan, as early as 1979. Only in the mid-eighties were the first automatic networks introduced, this time in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The commercial technology of wireless phones has come a long way since then, with a great revolution and evolution in the cellular system and the technological systems they rely on.

Real competition between wireless phones and their producers started in the early 90s in the real sense of the word since that was the time when the GSM standard was first introduced. From SMS text messaging to real conversations there was only a step, and ever since, cellulars have climbed in the top of the communication pyramid. To understand the extent at which the phenomenon has developed, we can refer to the drop in the camera sales with the introduction of the built-in cell high quality cameras that allow picture taking in great resolution format and at the same superior technical standards.

From a certain point onwards, the ways of the wireless phones evolution and that of the Internet no longer ran in parallel but started to overlap. This is how we got to enjoy the modern facilities such as email, fax, web browsing and even online video watching on the mobile. Digital technology also had its contribution to the development of sophisticated batteries and the miniaturization of all the cellphone components. With all the incredible level of complexity things have reached today, one has to wonder where the road is taking us further. Will we long for simplicity or bask in the intricate features of the smart phones?