Mobile Phones

1. How have mobile phones changed in the last 30 years?

The first mobile phones, referred to as First Generation or 1G, were introduced to the public market in 1983 by the Motorola Company. After a few years, they became mobile and consumers could take the phones with them outside of the car. In 1990 started the 2G, the first cell phone call was made using the new digital technology that became characteristic of this era. The Second Generation cellular phone technology was faster and much quieter than its analog predecessor. Smaller batteries and other technology that made the phones more energy-efficient helped contribute to their smaller sizes and their popularity. The Third Generation technology, or 3G, is what many people currently use in their digital cellular phones today. This new technology is not only capable of transferring voice data, but it is also able to transfer other types of data, including emails, information and instant messages.


2. Can you find 5 different ways young people use mobile phones?

There is a lot of differtent ways young people use mobile phones. For example, to send message to people, to call, to listen to music, to surf the net, to look for places with gps and to play.


3. Are mobile phones used in the same way in different cultures? Give two examples.

In many markets from Japan and South Korea , to Scandinavia, to Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong, most children age 8-9 have mobile phones and the new accounts are now opened for customers aged 6 and 7. The USA also lags on this measure, as in the US so far, about half of all children have mobile phones. Mobile phone usage is banned in some countries, such as North Korea and restricted in some other countries such as Burma.
Given the high levels of societal mobile phone service penetration, it is a key means for people to communicate with each other. In December 1993, the first person-to-person SMS text message was transmitted in Finland. Currently, texting is the most widely used data service. Many phones offer Instant Messenger services for simple, easy texting.


4. Do mobile phones affect your privacy?

We think that mobile phones don't affect our privacy at all. Maybe it can interrompt us when we are with people.

BERLIN

In a few days we will go to Berlin one week on a school trip. This travel means the end of a period when we will separate the classmates after seeing everyday for about two years or more.

For sure that we will enjoy it very much because Berlin is one of the best important and modernest city of Europe.

The most we will enjoy is outgoing in Berlin. It's said that nightlife in Berlin is very incredible, and offers a lot of different kind of clubs from cocktail bars to discos.

I have chosen this picture 'cause I really like motor sports, specially motorbikes.

In this picture we can see Travis Pastrana, the first man who did a doublebackflip in a competition.