On 10th of March, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first speech using electricity. From that day forward, the telephone system changed every aspect of life. Although it did not immediately change the world, it set communication on a path that would change the future of communication.
Mobile phones appeared in the early 1980's and today there are millions in use. Today, mobile phones do much more than just allow for voice conversation, mobile phones allow access to the Internet, music, email, business applications, pictures and much more. It’s estimated that 3.3 BILLION phones are in use around the world.
Before the invention of the mobile phone people went about their daily lives in a constant state of questioning - even if they didn't realize they were doing it. When a friend or family member went on holiday they wondered if the trip was made safely. The mobile phone changed all of the questioning. Now parents are calling their kids all the checking where they are, if there ok and what they are doing, to the dis-advantage of the kids of course.
If they weren't wondering about someone's whereabouts they were wishing they had remembered to tell them something before they were away from their office or home phone. Whatever the reason, before the invention of the mobile phone, they would have to wait to see them and then send them back out to take care of the issue.
Mobile phones have made keeping in touch across long distances easier than ever before. For the most part, the cost of calling across long distances is much less expensive using mobile phones than it is using land lines. Many mobile phone plans have free long distance.
My granny’s sister moved away with her husband to New Zealand at the age of 20, in them days there was no such thing as a mobile phone and the journeys were deemed as tretturis. The flights lasted over 24 hours and the by the time they would have got to the nearest phone it would have