The Future of Mobile Devices

The Future of Mobile Devices.

A paper submitted to Webber International University in partial fulfillment
for English 111-3

Keenan Cook
       
April 25, 2011

English 111-3

Fall 2010

Dr. Pat Nickell

Cause Argument

Word Count: 603

In the past recent years, the cellphone has made more advances than any other consumer product. Cellphones are now becoming a household need and it slowly replacing the house phone.   Becoming smaller and cheaper in the process.  
Here’s a brief history of cellphones.   Cellphones aren’t a completely new concept of technology.   It is an extension of the mobile radio telephone that was invented in the 1940s.   Motorola paved the way for mobile telephony with their first mobile device.   Called the SCR-300, this device was a primitive two-way radio, also known as a walkie-talkie.   The SCR-300 was quite large and required to be toted backpacked.   The SCR-300 was used highly praised and used by the US Army for specific use for the Signal Corps during World War II (WWII).   That initial product quickly evolved into the SCR-536, also known as the Handie-Talkie, which was also used during WWII.   About the size of a man’s forearm the Handie-Talkie was ideal for foot soldiers to increase maneuverability.   The technology further evolved to use cellular frequencies to allow calls from anywhere.   It wasn’t long before the technology made its way into vehicles and later into the hands of the everyday consumer. Cellphone has been commercially available since the 1970s.   They weren’t commercially successful in the beginning due to steep pricing and network availability.   When cellular technologies took off and the first cellphone was commercially available, they both were primitive by allowing only calls. Later in the 90’s the networks were updated to allow texting and picture messaging. The technology didn’t change until the 21st century where more features were added.  
In the 21st century the feature list jumped up...