Assignment 1-4

The next generation of the cell phone is called the “smart” phone.  These smart phones not only allow calling and texting but they also have applications, or apps, that you can do almost anything with, from counting calories to playing games with other smart phone users.  They also allow the user to check email, surf the internet at speeds comparable to laptops and can be used as music players as well.  The cameras on these smart phones are now as strong and clear as a digital camera alone.  The Droid X has an 8 megapixel camera and allows you to record video in High Definition! You can watch movies on smart phones and some can even be connected to your High definition LCD television, like the Droid X, and play movies on your LCD from your smart phone.

Smart phones have taken mainstream pop culture by storm.  Advertising is everywhere for smart phones by many different manufacturers and cell phone service providers.  These devices are literally mobile computers that are convenient to have, inexpensive to keep, and are a standard in pop culture.  It’s amazing how much a smart phone plays into our daily lives these days.  I hear the teenage generation at work ask how people used to live without having a cell phone or the internet.  It’s an easy question to ask when you have the power of both in the palm of your hand.  If you want to “Keep up with the Jones’”, you need to have a smart phone with you at all times.