English 1020

Leissa Rich

Ottie C. Akers

English 1020

February 13th, 2014

Changes Amongst us Caused by Cell Phones

Is it possible cell phones within technology have changed us socially, morally and physically? The invention of the first mobile phone has been around since the early 1980’s but before that what did civilization do? It might be difficult for most to believe, but back in the early 1800s people would keep in contact with others by simply writing letters or traveling by foot or horse. There was no television, computers, tablets, or communication created by technology. I will begin with providing a little background information on the first man made mobile phone. The first mobile cell phone manufactured by Motorola was designed and created by a man named Martin Cooper in 1983. Although the phone itself only offered 30 minutes of actual talk time per day you can imagine the excitement overcome by society. Despite how excited people were, you had to be considerably wealthy and able to purchase one since the phone itself was first put on the market for 3,995 dollars. When this device was invented making and receiving phone calls from and to almost any location became the platform to new and highly advanced technology. Over the years these phones have increased in several advances, but it wasn’t until the early 90’s Nokia supported the first user friendly SMS text messaging system. As technology and moderation to the device advanced IBM created the first ever “Smart
Phone” in 1997. What this essentially includes is the capability and connectivity of a computer built into the phone. Later down the road in 2007 Apple offered this combined feature including the ability to interact with a large touch screen. Once these advances were in place from that day forward society was hooked. Having these advances only grew further by not only having a computer built into the system, a camera and video recorder added, but then within the “App Store” apps were available to purchase. Slowly but surely we as a society began to evolve ourselves through cell phone devices. Has this become a problem? As so many have suggested have we lost touch with face to face personal interaction? Many studies have concluded this is definitely the case, especially in our era.
I will continue the rest of my studies as we proceed further into our research papers.