Invention is the most important product of scientific knowledge. Without invention, science would be merely inquiry for its own sake, serving few and helping no one.
There have been so many great inventions in the history of mankind. However, none of these could ever defeat the importance of mobile phone in human’s life.
The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, cell phone, or cell, is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that uses a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites.
Due to its ability to keep in touch with family,business associate,and access to email, it has become a necessity for many people throughout the world. In addition to its ability to connect people , current mobile phones can also support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. It can also serve as watches and alarm clocks. They can also function as calculators.
Moreover, in unfamiliar neighborhoods, they tell us where we are. The address book and contacts list on phones is our social interface. Without the phone, many of us would be quite lost in connecting with other people. On the other hand, the calendar function on the mobile phone can help us track our lives. Aside from that, it also functions as radios. For some, it also becomes a notepad -- send an SMS to oneself and make it a reminder service.
Recent studies also showed that in Slovakia, people are using mobile phones to remotely switch on the heater before they return home,and in Norway, 1.5 million people can confirm their tax returns using cell phones short text messaging services. Paramedics use camera phones to send ahead to hospitals pictures of the incoming patients; in Britain, it is now commonplace for wireless technology to allow companies to remotely access meters or gather diagnostic information.
The above data tell us that cell phone is really the most important innovation of the decade. What about your Ipod, Mp3 and Mp4 could they give you the convenience that cell phones could give you? Your microwave at home could it connect you to the other side of the world? Your wide screened TV, could it allow you to send your greetings to your husband working in the office? Thus, cell phone is the important product of scientific knowledge-serving many and helping mankind.
