This week the topic I’d like to discuss is the cellular phone. I can remember a time not so long ago when your average person didn’t have a cell phone. Only business people had them, and they came in a briefcase sized bag and had a cord attached from the handset to a large unit. Then came something that looks similar to the cell phones we have today. They were still something that people didn’t feel they needed. Now every child over the age of 10 seems to have one. If I could go back to the early 90’s and tell people that in 2008 small children and people at the welfare office had cell phones they wouldn’t believe me.
Cell phone commercials are a popular culture icon in their own rite. The phrase, “Can you hear me now?” is well known by most people. You can’t watch TV for an hour without seeing at least 2 mobile phone company ads.
With today’s cell phones and plans becoming more and more affordable it’s becoming a reasonable alternative to paying long distance phone charges. People are abandoning their land lines and going completely wireless.
Today’s cell phones have replaced the camera, day planner, and personal music device. Why carry a lot of hardware if you can carry just your cell phone. You know you’re going to be carrying it anyway. I can’t leave my house without mine. If someone calls and I don’t answer it, they automatically think I died. Texting has become a part of my life. Just as sending pictures without using the computer has. Not to mention that I feel much safer when I’m driving or walking somewhere. It’s nice to know that both mommy and 9-11 are just a push of a button away.
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1 comment:
I so agree with your thoughts about cell phones. I knew that I had a major attachment to my phone when my sister named my cell phone as the answer to almost all of the questions in a list of questions of what she knew about me. I would never have dreamed that something like that would happen to me. I would be one of those kids from the 80's that you would go back and talk about.
Tracey
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