The Invention of the Cell Phone

張貼日期：Jan 03, 2011 1:23:55 AM

The Invention of the Cell Phone

Alice Chen

      Have you ever thought about how the life was before the invention of the cell phone and how those people got in contact with each other without the cell phone? Someone might think it was an impossible and unbelievable thing if there were no cell phone in our life. However, people found their own ways of communication even though they lived without cell phone. The communication device such as the cell phone has been playing a more and more important role in our life, and the world has changed much since the invention of it. There are a number of differences between the time before and after the invention of the cell phone.

      One of the most obvious differences between the invention of the cell phone before and now is about the way we communicate with someone when we stay home or go outside. People who lived without the cell phone could not call randomly. They could not call or receive the phone immediately while they were in the kitchen or the yard, for instance. They needed to walk to the fixed place where the telephone was set so that they could call someone or receive the phone. How inconvenient way it was! In contrast, after inventing the cell phone, we can get in contact with someone at any time and any place. At home, we can call someone and receive the cell phone call in the kitchen, in the bedroom, or even in the bathroom. In the outside, we can call while we are walking, taking the bus, or eating in the restaurant, and so on.

      In addition, there are great differences between the ways people convey their feelings to each other on some special days, important moments, and holidays. Before inventing the cell phone, people used to write cards to each other on the birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s day and Christmas, etc. And they conveyed their feelings and kept contact with each other by writing letters and sending e-mails. However, after inventing the cell phone, people are used to just sending a message to each other by cell phone. Thanking someone, apologizing to someone, congratulating someone, and notifying someone important information are the things that can be done by sending a message through the cell phone.

      The last obvious difference between the invention of the cell phone before and now is the functions of the phone and the cell phone. Before the invention of the cell phone, the phone is just an object for us to get in contact with someone. There isn’t any other function of the phone. Unlike the conventional phone, the cell phone includes many other functions. The cell phone can be used to not only get hold of someone, send the message but also take pictures, record sounds and images, surf the Net, and so on.

      After the invention of the cell phone, our lives become so different and convenient. We only need to take the cell phone instead of taking both the camera and the cell phone when we go outside. The cell phone has played an important role in our life and it is one of extraordinary inventions of the modern age. One finger can make us connect with someone.