My Phone and Your Phone

by lvs004 on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 | Life

The mobile has changed the way we live and talk. Today every other person you meet on the street has a mobile phone in their hand and is invariably talking, SMSing or gaming on it.

A recent Nokia survey came up with some interesting facts. Just less than half the respondents (44%) use their mobile device as their primary camera, with India being home to the most prolific mobile photographers (68%). Globally, seventy two percent now don’t use a separate alarm clock and 73% use their mobile as their main watch or clock. Further, 67% of the respondents predict the mobile phone will replace their MP3 player. Already a large percentage are listening to their music on a mobile phone. Over a third (36%) of respondents are browsing on their mobile devices at least once a month. Inevitably, Japan leads the way in mobile internet usage with 37% admitting to going online on their mobile on a daily basis.

But a not so positive side effect of the mobile phone revolution is the distance it has brought between us. Distance! You might say, but the mobile phone has brought everyone closer. Now we can just pick up the phone and start chatting with our friends and family.

Well have you noticed how even ten years ago there was just one phone in the house. When it rang just anybody in the house could go and pick it up, in fact many times simultaneously two people would pick up the receiver from two ends. That way we knew who the friends of our spouses and kids were and our own circle was larger because of that. But today what happens? When was the last time you picked up your spouses phone when it was ringing. Do you know half the callers on your teenage kids phone? So while the phone has brought us closer to people living a few miles or even many miles away, it has actually taken us farther away from our loved ones living with us.

[this is a guest post by L. Venkata Subramaniam, do visit his regular blog where he writes on technologies affecting everyday life ]

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2 Responses to “My Phone and Your Phone”

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nate Says:
January 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
“So while the phone has brought us closer to people living a few miles or even many miles away, it has actually taken us farther away from our loved ones living with us.”
it is so true… I call my housemate even if he’s in the house to ask something =p. Another bad side: it causes a lot of accident while they’re driving. A lot of people can’t concentrate well on the road while using phone.
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bintangkecil Says:
January 5th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
This is so true!

I do like how fast technology is growing but there is always a catch to it.
When something goes positive on one area, there is always a negative impact on another.
We cannot always satisfy both.

I guess it depends on the individuals. Even though mobile phones have brought us “away” from each other, at least try to spend more time with those loved ones (not spending more times on the phone though!!!!)

I actually like the title you’ve chosen; my phone and your phone. Long long time ago, it used to be “our phone” or just a “phone”