Do more features in a cellphone mean a better cellphone?
Do we need so many features on a cellphone?
The latest cellphone gizmo contains seemingly endless functions
and features to whet appetite and attract new phone
buyers.
You want mp3 player?
You got it.
How about digital camera?
Yup! Games?
Yes.
Organiser functions ?
YES.
Web surfing ?
Yes.
You must give credit to the designers who are able to squeeze so
many features into a slim and relatively light package. But the
bottom line is does it fulfill its purpose?
In moments when you find yourself waiting for an appointment or
you are in a queue and are bored, you can indeed find amusement
playing games on your phone. However, even the latest cell phone
screen are tiny compared to portable devices dedicated to mobile
gaming. You will find it hard to manipulate the number keys and
navigation buttons to play the games as the keys are rather
small. Also, the layout is not specifically configured for
game playing.
You may decide to play either radio or mp3 player. An
medium budget mobile phone shows inherent weakness with minimal
capacity for songs and inability to create play list.
Likewise for the digital camera functions. The maximum
resolution one can find for a cell phone is about 1 to 2
megapixel , not to mentioned steep prices for this function.
Picture quality can never rival stand alone digital cameras
whose resolution can easily reach 8 megapixels.
Even surfing the web by gprs has its limitations. There is
limited content and it seems to take forever to get to the
desired page you want. It is also difficult to read on a small
screen.
By incorporating so many new features and functions, c
ell phone may become unwieldy , cumbersome and complicated.
One reason why cell phones are getting laden with more and more
features is because cell phone service providers or operators
want consumers to utilize more of their services. So it is
important to know what your needs are. There is no need to pay
for additional features which you do not require at all. You
might be interested in VOIP and these
pda phones
though.
Another thing I want to point is that the mobile phone battery
isn't designed to cope with so heavy a demand. If you just
play games, say maybe 20 minutes, you will easily at
leastdrain half of your available battery power. So in the
end you have to compromise. Either save the battery power for
incoming and outgoing calls or play game and run of risk of
mobile phone run out of power. Things which drained power
quickly and in a couple of minutes include using the cell phone
as a torch light.
Basically, you shouldn't take these functions too seriously.
They are most appropriate for causal music listening or picture
taking. It is ideal for occasions when you t unexpectedly bump
into an old friend or classmate and you can take this
opportunity to take a picture of him.