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Am I the only one who uses a good number of the functions on my cell phone? Amongst other things, it serves as a quick and dirty camera, mp3 player (it's one of those Walkman-branded Sony Ericsson ones, so that's kind of its purpose, but I digress), alarm, calendar, I use text messages as well as the occasional picture message, and so on.
You've probably named the most commonly used aspects of mobile phones, but there are just so many more that are crammed on nowadays that I would doubt 5% of consumers use.
I find the issue is, people inevitably assume that a multi-faceted electronics device is as good as the individual components bought seperately, which is really just not the case. Camera on phones are far better nowadays, mostly due to the fall in price of digital cameras, but when they initially appeared they were truly absymal. Nowadays you see every Nokia/Motorola/S-E and their dog pushing their integrated digital audio players, but compared to dedicated units they again sound pretty deplorable. I mean, try using anything other than earbuds with them, or slightly less efficient higher ohm rated headphones, they'll just sound crippled.
Not to mention much of the time they'll charge you more for all the features combined as opposed to buying seperately, mostly due to the looks premium. I mean you could probably argue that some would prefer a compact unit, but when the additionally functionality crammed on is sub-standard, that's a bit rich.
Then again, mobile phones are after all fashion accessories anyway, much of what I say above is pretty negligence but I just hate to see this insidious up-selling. It's kind of like department stores pedalling off 2,000/3,000 dollar desktop PCs to consumers for word processing and basic internet/email use. Hell, I'm sure I could easily track down new individual components and a monitor that would perfectly capable for that job at $500 or less.
Anyway /rant off.
can you correct the title? Speling mistak- Should be "evolution".
I had the same thought at first but my guess is it's probably intended to be a play on words, as in "eve of evolution." (To my eye I can't stop reading it like "Summer's Eve Lotion.")
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RedSky, I'm one of those people who wanted everything integrated. Yes, I'm still waiting for a decent camera phone, but if need be, I have something on my phone. I don't like carrying around an MP3 player, a camera, a notepad, a dayrunner, a map, and so forth when I can have everything fit in one pocket. I'm extremely minimalistic and prefer to carry nothing extra if I have to.
But, my parents on the other hand, can barely figure out how to call people let alone use the built-in MP3 player, txt msg'ing, GPS navigation and everything else their FREE phone does. So I can agree with everyone there, that some people just don't use their tools to their fullest capacities, just like people who buy brand new computers when a outdated Windows 98 machine with a 766mhz processor is more than they'll ever need. Heck, my aunt is still using a Gateway with a 1.33mhz and 256mb RAM. It's her first computer, and she's never upgraded, but then again, she's never really used it.
Lol, we always called them (Dynatacs) either bricks, or Pimp Phones, because 75% of the people who could afford them were either pimps or drug dealers...
The hardware in these phones is, I guess, usually crappy. I've had 3 cellphones, and this Samsung U410 is the very first to actually be able to support its own weight with its operating system.
I'm waiting on the Intel Atom processors to show the cell phone companies what decent hardware is all about. I've also heard mention of video cards being toyed with as an idea for actual cell phone gaming. This would also solve that little problem my phone has with trying to use motion blur (commonly seen in Xbox360/PS3 games) with the camera display (IDIOCY!!!).
Worthy of note though is that the IPhone has a tri-core processor setup.
And yes, cell phones DO need better quality hardware, because if your phone isn't powerful enough to support its own operating system, it's a piece of crap.