From luxury to need

The invention of the telephone was the first landmark in the history of communication technology and soon came the second, the introduction of mobile phones. The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, may never have thought in his wildest dreams that telephone technology would become so easily available to the common man in such a short span of time. The continuous efforts and never say die spirit of scientists and engineers have really paid true homage to Alexander Graham Bell. Mobile phones have made our lives so much easier that it now seems strange to imagine modern life with the use of a Touch Phone.

As the saying goes ‘the luxury of today is the need of the tomorrow’. This saying is especially true when applied to Touch Phones. Cell phones have become part and parcel of our modern lifestyle. In earlier times, it was difficult to imagine that such a type of revolution will take place in the field of communication technology. Mobile phones are the most convenient way to communicate with people instantly regardless of their location on the planet. Each of the handsets produced by mobile phone manufacturers is extremely portable which has contributed to their popularity.

The costs of using Touch Screen Phones are reducing constantly because the number of users is continuously rising. Mobile phones have played a vital role in increasing the productivity of the individual, as they provide the ability to connect the internet through the handset. The rate of evolution in the field of mobile technology is extremely fast. As soon as any new product is launched on the market, it is not long before another company is releasing a phone that is superior and possesses more advanced features.

Cell Phones that were used in the end of the twentieth century were used only for two-way verbal communication. In 2011, cell phones are used in a completely different way. The market is flooded with Tablet which is well equipped to handle the cutting edge technology of internet and different multimedia application all through a few touches of the screen. Smartphone has become a must-have product as they have improved, and this rapid rate of development shows no signs of slowing down.

Tablet Computers Are Becoming Popular

Three years ago Tablet Computers were only rumored to exist, because nobody has actually seen them on the market. Microsoft and Apple were apparently introducing a new and unique device that would capture the market. Many releases on the Web discussed these projects, but did not know what these devices would be called. Would they be called Tablets, Tablet PCs or Tablet Computers?

Way back in 2002, tablet computers were powered by batteries that became hot and drained rapidly. Today, Tablet computers can easily run for a day with only a single charge. Also, during the earlier period, Tablet computers had two choices for display - the color LCD, or monochrome. The display was very thin due to the fluorescent back-lighting. They were also thick as regular laptops that made them difficult to handle. Today, tablet computers are thinner and have LED back-lighting that provides bright displays.

The earlier tablet computers similar to some early cell phones had problems with digitizing. The tablets today offer superb performance in terms of their function and applications. Tablet computers are good for eBooks and the next generation of tablets will surely promise more than being eBook readers. Similar to PDA phones, tablet PCs also began as pen-based devices. Today, both gadgets can function as Web browsers and as personal organizers. The function of being an eBook reader largely became popular during late 2010 for its convenience and storage. Many concerned citizens are even proposing to use Tablet computers for all students in public schools.

When the tablet PCs emerged in 2002, Wi-Fi was becoming the trend for use in offices and at home. However, broadband wireless was not yet that popular and, unlike today, most tablet PCs and laptops had broadband wireless capabilities similar to smart phones such as BlackBerry. You will notice that most restaurants, cafes and other establishments offer free Wi-Fi access to their customers as incentives. Better connectivity means that a person using any device - including tablets - can easily connect to office, home and files wherever he may be.

We can safely say that the new tablet computers will be better than the earlier versions, because they look better and perform better, with better connectivity and battery life. They will serve as efficient portable computing gadgets, because they can run on a light operating system. The browser, of course, is easy to use. With all of those beneficial features, you still have access to cloud-based apps to get actual work done. Best of all, you may have access to entertainment, articles, music, books and HD movies. What else can you ask for?

Truly, Tablet computers are becoming popular and before you are left behind, start browsing the net for a unit that you may want to purchase.

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival Reveals Shortlist for First Mobile Phone Film Competition

Recourse from:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shanghai-intl-film-festival-reveals-191557

CHENGDU – The short films shortlisted for the first mobile phone film competition held by an A-list cinema event were revealed on Tuesday by organizers of the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, which takes place June 11-19.

Fifty films shot on smart phones in 27 countries will compete for the SIFF MOBILE awards for best short film, best director, best creative, best drama, best action film, best animation and best documentary and an Audience Award judged by most mobile phone clicks. Roughly 10,000 yuan ($1,500) in prize money will go to each winner.

Collection of entries began last November and quickly got busy, finally gathering nearly 10,000 films made on mobile phones of various types and styles, some showing “unrestrained imagination,” organizers said in a statement.

The mobile phone film directors come from all walks of life, but also include masters of the film and television crafts, including South Korean director Park Chan-Yu with an iPhone film called Lofty Waves, and Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung.

Many of the short films were shot on an iPhone4, a device wildly popular in China and bound to become more so as Apple unveils its largest retail store in the country in Shanghai this summer.

“The Shanghai Film Festival has always been a platform to hatch the new,” said Tang Lijun, SIFF managing director. “With the influence of new media growing, we believe mobile phones are bound to change the future pattern of the film industry.”

With plans to run SIFF MOBILE for five years in conjunction with China Mobile, the world’s largest telecommunications provider with 600 million mobile phone subscriptions, SIFF will announce the first winners on June 18.

China Mobile users can access the mobile phone film finalists at wap.mobile-siff.com.

Smartphone Applications Setting Trends Worldwide

When it comes to our thinking of how things should work in the world, they do not always pan out. When it comes to inventing new ways in which we can try to make everything so much better also does not work out, we are disappointed. Going back to the drawing board when it comes to the invention of smartphones does not often go well with the big mobile phone companies.

The truth is that today not everyone is going to have a life of luxury and be able to go out and travel to work and still have time to fit their life around their families and have everything that we would like and that is why the smartphone was invented. When these handy little cell phones came into use, we could all see why they were so great. We did not want to have to carry around our computers everywhere we went - no-one does - and with smart phones and PDA phones we do not need to any more.

With these Smartphones however, you get much more than just a cell phone that looks pretty. They may just be touch screen phones, but they can be fantastic. Touch phones do not just look pretty, because they are a tablet PC right in your pocket. It does not matter if it is a BlackBerry or any other smart phone; these mobile phones are more than just a phone.

With a touch phone you can actually find thousands of different applications which can handle anything that you need in your life. With these apps, you can actually connect to the world in record time, as there are no waiting times or expensive prices that go with them; and they can actually be a far better way of setting a trend in the world of today.

You can watch BlackBerry Videos with one of the Smartphone applications by viewing the music videos, or even find out what news bulletins are being broadcast all over the world. This can be on anything that you want to find out about – finance, sports, politics, breaking news - anything is possible. You could be in one country half way across the world and still find out what is happening in your local area.
Apps are the new way the world works. They have been made so that no matter what we are doing, we can connect to others anywhere. You do not just need to go online and read what is on there, you can actually blog, read and share your feelings.
We all know that apps are fun for our phones, but they can be a new way in which you can link to a person from one country while you are in another. Business meetings and really any type of business is actually made that much simpler today because of the use of Smartphone apps.

Difference between Mobile Phones and PDA – Make a Smart Choice

We all love to have a great cell phone in our hands and we want to be able to show our cell phones off to our friends and say we have the latest smartphone available. We want to make them very jealous if we have the best smartphone; as mobile phones are always something that we show off. We parade our mobile phone as though it was fashion week in New York, but smart phones are something much more than just a phone. The truth is that we do not actually know if these are the best or not. Everyone can say they are, but are they really? Everyone is now talking about PDA Phones and how they are so different from any other mobile phone.

The truth is that PDA phones and cell phones all have different methods as to how they work and what they are used for. Yes, of course, they are phones - but each is unique and special, as we would not all want a phone that did the same as every other phone out there as that would be boring.

These PDA phones do work in their own way from the way every other mobile works. There have always been comparisons over these two things and there always will be, as long as these two exist. This is like saying a tablet Android phone is better than a touch screen phone; and that the touch phones are great in their own way, but so is the tablet phone and, just like the BlackBerry, there are a lot of similar features in many of the phones today.

When it comes to the PDA and some of its business features, it can be quite similar to the BlackBerry Videos and other mobile phones. There is still the possibility of having a QWERTY keypad and you will have everything from emailing and a high level of support should anything go wrong; and, of course, video conferencing. These are very important to many of us, especially if we are travelling all the time while still trying to be at the office when we are running later or working from home.

With mobile phones their speeds are usually fast, but with the PDA the speeds have all got the fastest processors available to date. These speeds are actually quite impressive and not something that we would normally see every day but, then again, if you are not a tech wizard you will not be bothered about its speeds.

With PDA’s you are only getting one choice; however, with a Smartphone you will have an endless choice. Honestly, you can find Smartphones almost anywhere. Picking between these two is really hard, because if you want honestly then both are fantastic, but more people lean towards the trusted Smartphone.

BlackBerry to Match Apple on the Price of Its Tablet

Resource from:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/technology/23rim.html?scp=9&sq=BlackBerry&st=nyt

By IAN AUSTEN

OTTAWA — Research In Motion challenged Apple on Tuesday by announcing that its BlackBerry PlayBook would be sold at the same price as the iPad 2.

But the success or failure of the BlackBerry tablet, which will have a base price of $499, is unlikely to be determined in the aisles of Best Buy, Staples, RadioShack or the other retailers that will begin offering it on April 19. Many analysts believe that the PlayBook’s main customer base, like that of the original BlackBerry smartphone, will be corporations and government buying in bulk at a discounted price.

“Maybe ‘PlayBook’ is a misnomer,” said Tony Cripps, an analyst with Ovum, a unit of Datamonitor, who is based in London. “R.I.M. would be crazy not to maximize its advantages in the enterprise market.”

The PlayBook will be the first tablet that is directly price-competitive with Apple’s offering. By comparison, both the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab cost more than the iPad 2. Hewlett-Packard, which is also expected to sell its TouchPad tablet to corporations, has not yet announced the price of its device.

While Best Buy began accepting advance orders for the PlayBook on its Web site on Tuesday, the primary buyers of the PlayBook are unlikely to be paying retail. From the first days of the BlackBerry hand-held, R.I.M. carefully cultivated relationships with the information technology departments within corporations and governments. Its products have long included security and control features that are of more interest to people who run computer systems than to the employees using the BlackBerrys.

Jeff Orr, an analyst with ABI Research, said that R.I.M. had been consulting with its large customers about the PlayBook for several months. “They’re playing to a market where they definitely have a closer relationship than Apple,” Mr. Orr said.

That has produced some initial corporate interest. Sun Life Financial, a large insurance and financial services company in Toronto, has agreed to buy about 1,000 PlayBooks and said that it had already developed an application for the devices.

But beyond the identical prices, R.I.M. and Apple have taken several different approaches to their tablets. The PlayBook, for example, has a 7-inch screen compared to the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. But unlike the iPad 2, the PlayBook can display Web pages that use Adobe Flash software. and it has a much higher resolution camera for video and still photography.

At first, the PlayBook will be available only in a version that connects to the Internet through Wi-Fi. R.I.M. has said that more advanced, and costly, models for use on wireless carriers’ networks will be available from Sprint this summer. Following Apple’s lead, R.I.M. said that in addition to the base model with 16 gigabytes of memory, the PlayBook will be offered as a 32-gigabyte version for $599 and a 64-gigabyte model for $699.

Despite the embrace of the iPad by consumers, the demand from businesses and governments for tablets remains, at best, unclear. “It’s still very, very early stages,” said Mike Abramsky, an equity analyst with RBC Capital Market, a unit of the Royal Bank of Canada, who said that small businesses currently accounted for most nonpersonal use of tablets.

Still, Mr. Abramsky expects that sales to corporations and governments will account for about 30 to 40 percent of all tablet sales by the end of 2012.

Mr. Abramsky said that many corporations would probably prefer the PlayBook because of their history with the BlackBerry smartphone. But at the same time, he said he also expected that companies would find ways to integrate iPads and tablets based on Google’s Android operating system, if for no other reason than to accommodate employees who bring their personal devices to work.

Mobile Phones – Use and Misuse

Almost all people today own a mobile phone. Elementary students have cell phones provided by parents for safety and quick monitoring. Teenagers use smart phones to communicate with friends, family and teachers. Smart phones such as BlackBerry and PDA Phones are popular with professionals and business people. Yes, mobile phones are widely used, but are all people using them correctly and for the right reason? We also know that mobile phones are also used for fraudulent acts and mischief. That, of course, is not the reason cell phones were created in the first place.

Proper Mobile Phone Etiquette

There are instances where mobile phones can turn people into rude and anti-social beings. It is a given fact that the text messaging, phone calls and e-mail access provided by cell phones are highly essential, but most people are not following the proper etiquette in using their smart phones.
• If somebody is waiting to talk to you, make sure that you do not stay long on the cell phone to the point of ignoring the person waiting for you.
• If you expect a call and you are with guests or in a conference, announce beforehand that you expect a call, in order not to interrupt the present conversations and to give you the option of answering the call if it comes. Doing this will show your professionalism in handling things.
• If you are around people, excuse yourself if you have to answer a call.
• Never talk on the phone and with somebody at the same time, as it is rude to both of the people you are talking to.
• Never use your cell phone for gossip. Mobile phones are created for convenience and not for unnecessary conversations.
Proper Care of Mobile Phones
If you want your mobile phone to last long, you must take care of it. Cell phones are now an essential device and not a luxury. However, there are some units that can be classified as luxury phones due to their price.
• When you purchase a mobile phone, make sure that you read all the instructions on its usage and maintenance. Smart phones like BlackBerry have many functions that you must become familiar with. Wrong use may result in damage.
• Determine a safe place to keep your cell phone when not in use. Good places for safekeeping are on top of a desk, inside a cabinet, or on a bookshelf. Avoid keeping your phone in a purse or other closed container for long periods, especially if it is turned on. Also, charge your phone in an open space. Charging it on a closed container is fire hazard.

These are just some of the ways you should use your cell phones. Read the instruction manual, as it is complete with all the information about your mobile phone.