Introduction and Evolution

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Today the mobile phone concept is rooted in our lives as clearly as the air we breathe, so that even in someone’s mouth to hear the words “ I have no mobile phone “ sounds like something extraterrestrial. And certainly, in my point of view, it is. But the mobile world we know today, technologically advanced, but less so in the future, we could say that their wanderings began just over a decade and a half.

The evolution of mobile telephony is somewhat curious, for a very visual and in view of all, the size of the terminal. As an example, about 15 years ago a standard phone was the size of a basic remote control, and the advance of time, technological development and the race to offer more possibilities in a box made the smallest terminanes dwarf to adoption in some cases similar size to a USB key (Universal Serial Bus). But mysteries of life, power is invested in seeking to offer terminals with larger screens that display data. Mobile telephony is evolving and sometimes, like fashion, back to its origins. Let’s see what has been invisible for a device, and first for the professional world, has curdled so as in our society, being as inseparable as the actual keys our home.

Origins

The first-generation telephony started with Ericsson in 1981 ( Nordic Mobile Telephony 450 MHz ). At that time you could see people walking down the street with what looked like a briefcase, and of course, the character Zack from “Saved by the Bell” with his trusty cell phone. Those first artilujios heavy (quietly about 800 grams), cumbersome and cramped to transport from one place to another and managed to evolve into the mobile-Discussed remote. Devices that could connect to mobile, battery-limited and unique functions of receiving or making calls. The device I have in mind a Nokia service “Mobiline” similar to 2110. The SIM cards were even ideas of the future . And in the mind of every individual the telephone booths were the only lifeline of communication when you traveled outside of the home. Glass enclosed, through which emergency calls. Because if you think carefully, talk with friends and family was more himself inside the home or hung up the phone line of the company where you work. In the ” Telefonica “ lacked only the logo LIFEGUARD to reclaim his love and attention.And they were everywhere, everywhere, something that today is tending to disappear, or rather abandoned due to its concept and utility archaic and outdated. For me personally I would miss picking up the phone and dials the digits of its metallic keypad.

The generation of thirty-something ! remember the tender early in this mobile, and hand models as emblematic as the Nokia 3200, Ericsson T18 , Motorola or StarTack. These last two with a screen a couple of lines, big enough to see the phone number to dial, the contacts of the guide every time you press the arrow keys, and a few words in a text message of 160 characters max . and handheld devices with a battery that allowed a 60-hour standby and 180 minutes of talk, whose main attraction might be the novelty, or the mere possession of one of them, and not available in her womb because of these, those, or other functionality. No, simply “by design? Why the quality of materials? Why the battery capacity? Why be more expensive, and therefore more elitist? In those days, so I can remember, the basic functions available devices and unified, as simple as receiving / making calls, sending / receiving sms, phonebook entries (appointments, meetings ..), the clock hands free (in headset, of course), and I think that many more options ( perhaps the famous Snake game for Nokia more than two lines of display) . And by that time people only thought of the cell as a communicative tool itself, which have already outside the home to not only make emergency calls but ” where are you that you do not find it? “ or ” Excuse me going back several minutes the traffic is horrible “ . It was a relief, and provided security on long journeys by car, have a communicative tool in the palm of the hand as a way to help, but in practice to be too attractive the idea of bringing the handset to the ear for hear the voice of a well-known across the line. In 1996 he was despengando mobile telephony, with over 135 million devices worldwide, a significant increase compared to 13 million in 1991.

And is that those devices were as ’96-’97 revolution, the SMS (short message service), short message service specially designed for mobile telephony. A concept developed in cooperation Franco-Germanic in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The first proposition of SMS took place 1 year after Oslo ( February) . The first short message was transmitted through Vodafone in the UK on December 3, 1992 by Neil Papworth of Sema Group (from PC) to Richard Jarvis Orbitel using a cell phone 901. The message was “Merry Christmas.” The first message written on a mobile phone took place in 1993, by an engineering student who worked at Nokia ( Riku Pihkonen) .Nokia was the first manufacturer to boast in 1993 of a range of phones all with the ability to send sms. Messages sent in 2008 became 4.1-trillion.

We could say that the SMS was a breakthrough, or a great idea, and also the fastest way to communicate. It is one of the oldest functions and at the same time it remains a primary function of daily use. We all write at least one text message every day, and sometimes not worth making a call can send a sms. ‘s actually a form of communication, much like a telegram today adopted a communication language itself to through abbreviations and symbols abound in every 160 characters. The words are not whole words, but key parts of them, and emoticons are a way cool to convey our mood. Especially the young have enriched further this new language of SMS can count on Tanla 160 characters in what many would like more space. Because we can communicate in silence in the middle of a meeting in a noisy football game, while driving on the highway, where coverage is poor for a good reception, when the time is short, in a nightclub when we can not contact our partner, to leave a message … the short message is used anywhere, for any reason, and with a single purpose, to communicate. And while it may seem impersonal, cold, simple, and no voice …. The SMS is communicative and be the life of all mobile phone users, especially in so notable dates such as Christmas or a birthday celebration. And even something simple, perhaps because of the MMS ( or multimedia message) has not been well received, precisely because its use is slower, as well as more expensive, and people do not usually send multimedia content through the service, today day prefer e-mail.

If the 80′s and 90 were beginning to lay the foundations, technological development and the presence in the consumer market, from mobile telephony in 2000 began its takeoff real. It would cost equipment around 3000 € to mobile cost “0″ through contracts with company, for weights 800 grams and in certain cases of about 80 grams … and all that from 1981 to 2010, almost 3 decades technology adoption, research and development, economic efforts of companies, vision, marketing campaigns, development of mobile networks, synergies and cooperation between enterprises, communication posibiliades people worldwide, competence and importance of telephone companies ….

Evolution

The evolution of mobile telephony in my view is linked not only to technological development ( which should be promoted to a need) but also social changes, new needs and the vision of a few capable of anticipating the future (for an idea must mature, developed, promoted and realized, and not something that arises from the overnight).

The changes in my personal view would go through the following chronological, from 1996 to 2010, tansolo 13 years of major changes:

1. First generation of phones: Nokia 3.21 thousand ( 1999) , Ercicsson T18 ( 1996-1997) and Motorola Startac (1996). SMS, one of the breakthroughs and communication solutions “low cost”.
2. Camera Phones: Nokia 7.65 thousand ( two thousand and two) , the first Nokia with a VGA camera.
3. Top Smartphones: Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition ( 2003) , Qtek 2020i.
4. Mobile 3G in Q3 2004 Sony-Ericsson launches the V800.
5. Mp3 Phone: Nokia N series (N70 ( 2005 , 2006) , and N73 and N93 ( 2006). Windows Mobile 5.0: Qtek s100 ( 2005)
6. Phones and e-mail: Rim Blackberry 8800 ( 2007 … Blackberry terminals would be robust and efficient leader-mail terminals.
7. Touch Phones, takeoff: LG Viewty (2007) , Apple iphone (2007), Samsung F480 (2008), G800 (2008) , Nokia 5800 (2008-2009) , Multimedia Mobile: HTC HD2 (2009 ), Toshiba TG01 (2009 ) , Samsung Omnia 2, X6 Nokia, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Google G1 (2009) , Apple iPhone 3G (2009) …

It is amazing to stop and think a moment to realize the changes occurred in only 8 years. If at that time, the Nokia 7650 had as its main attraction is the VGA camera and Bluetooth, what will we think of the Nokia N97 of today?5mpx camera, large 3.5 “screen, Qwerty keyboard, touch screen, 32GB internal memory, 3.5 G technology, shipping / receiving email, HSDPA internet, Mp3 and Mp4 video playback, WiFi, access to social networks office suites. It sureVal Kilmer (The Saint, 1997) changed his Nokia 9000 Communicator by this brand new device.

The trenches in the battle to offer the best mobile, are full of geniuses, visionaries, restless minds, Handyman of new technologies, whose ideas in the service of brands like Nokia, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, LG …. are flooding the mass consumer market with countless models loaded with features closely related to each other. And the great problem of the user is decided by one or another model, but sometimes, telephone companies ( mainly in Spain Vodafone, Orange and Movistar) are responsible for providing in its product catalog and non-shared different from its competitors ( sometimes under exclusive contracts, such as the iPhone) .

The question one might ask is, ” q ue behind developed so meteoric? The evolution of mobile telephony has been fed by technological advances in other areas: digital photography, digital music and wireless internet connections in progress overall network, operating systems lite , development of microprocessors, developing the capacity of the batteries, increased capacity and reduced size memory cards …

In 1996, any person would have seen on a device with camera, mobile internet, music player and touch function ingenuity of the future, Michael J. Fox and his Delorian to travel in time. But the point is that no one imagines today only have a cell phone for just making calls. It is unthinkable, because like it or not, the more you give us, unless we lose that possibility. Would you go to VHS?, “ and the cassette? , “the Nintendo Entertainment System? What the discmans?, “Tube TVs? “Cadenas HIFI without 5.1? The answer is that nobody wants something analog in a digital world and the reality is that the more we really want, and why settle for less if you can have some more? The point is that getting used to something that makes life simpler, easier, more profitable, and no one can say that today’s mobile phone is useless, a pileup discarded.

What should be requiring a cellphone today? The following basic features :

1. 5Mpx chamber : the 3.2mpx start being fair and taking into account the 12mpx 8mpx and soon by cornering the market.
2. 3.5G HSDPA network , high-speed network for Web browsing with our flat-rate data, and being a habitual extra voice our contracted fee ( Movistar and iPhone, for example).
3. 3. Touch screen 3.5 “: the market is making based on touch screens, increased to achieve better visualization of the contents.
4. 4. mp3 player and headphone jack connector 3.5 of: a mobile music player is something “due” and that has standard headphone connection a necessity.
5. 5. Battery 1200 mAh Minimum: 3G, Wireless, touch screens and music playing are a great wear on the automonia.
6. 6. QWERTY Keyboard: physical, not virtual, if the utility will make extensive use mobile phone email (especially vocational, or social networks).
7. 7. Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android: are the best options for the following reasons: available applications, integrated management software, updates, and be the most advanced operating system.
8. 8. iPhone: the mobile alternative to those who can afford it (the contract of stay 18 months + email).

Really behind the evolution of the concept of mobile phone much more than just improved communication system itself, because otherwise we found ourselves before a home phone for use anywhere in the world, a simple handset using wireless networks. The mobile phone could not settle for being a system of one reception / sending of calls, should be a tool of communication not only entertainment but with many practical applications in daily life, something that was a proper extension of the person , a helpful if we fall in love and it became a necessity for daily life.

The cell should become a multitasking device, a Swiss army knife that can be employed for every need. Theevolution of the mobile phone is linked to the evolution of other technologies and communication systems. Roughly see each of those discovery technology and its impact: