| With the world fast globalizing and the means | | | | memory storage capacities. Some can even be |
| of travel and communication narrowing the | | | | used as a portable unit to transfer data |
| space between locations that once were only | | | | files from the computer to another terminal. |
| accessible by month-long journeys, there is | | | | And with manufacturers constantly coming up |
| no place where the concept of a cell phone or | | | | with new innovations, who knows what cell |
| the Internet is unheard of. | | | | phones can do next? |
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| Even in the third world, people own cellular | | | | In Japan, particularly, people are so |
| phones. What was once a tool that was | | | | obsessed with cell phones that majority of |
| associated only with the rich and the | | | | them change their units monthly or whenever a |
| extremely busy corporate crowd is now a basic | | | | new model comes out. Some even own more than |
| communication device even for elementary | | | | two. |
| school students and residents of rural areas. | | | | |
| | | | In fact, because most cell phones are already |
| A 12-year-old can simply call up her dad if | | | | equipped with mp3 players, video recorders |
| she's ready to get picked up after school. | | | | and the like, other electronic devices like |
| Friends can easily send text messages to | | | | iPods and mini-recorders might become extinct |
| their other friends about where to meet up or | | | | over time. But that's just a prediction. Of |
| simply to say 'hi'. Why, even strangers get | | | | course, there still are people who prefer |
| to meet one another and make new friends by | | | | that the different media functions remain |
| just using their cell phones. | | | | separate. |
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| With the many service providers available and | | | | Indeed, what began as a means of |
| the multitude of handset models around, | | | | communication, where all you needed to do was |
| owning a cell phone has elevated status from | | | | punch in a few numbers to talk to somebody |
| being a communication tool to a standard | | | | else, is currently an all-in-one media tool. |
| lifestyle and social device. | | | | And since manufacturers constantly develop |
| | | | and distribute upgraded versions, their price |
| Nowadays, cell phones are not just cell | | | | tags are bound to become lower, making them a |
| phones. They can be video and sound | | | | lot more accessible even to people in the |
| recorders, Internet browsers, music | | | | lower income bracket. Children may even be |
| composers, mp3 players, mini cameras, data | | | | able to pay for their own phone bills through |
| storage devices and many others. | | | | prepaid connections. |
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| Users can even talk to each other via video | | | | It ss a small world, yes. And it's getting |
| phone and make their own movies using their | | | | smaller everytime a new communication device |
| phones. They can listen to hours' worth of | | | | is introduced. Living in this day and age, we |
| music on cell phones with relatively greater | | | | are already considered lucky. |