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Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 12, 2009 - 10:12 AM
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Why are we becoming so dependent on technology ? What if one day you lost your cell phone and with it, you almost lost your identity, your banking details, your contacts, addresses, photos, and even your way home because you can't read maps unless its directions on your phone.
So in other words, you are incapacitated wihtout your cellphone.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 12, 2009 - 11:38 AM
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yeah..its true we are captivated to cell phones...
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 13, 2009 - 01:15 AM
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No! Cellphone is only a tool of communication. As long as we are aware of it, we are independent.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 16, 2009 - 04:36 PM
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I think people are addicted to cell phones nowadays. Especially with all the applications and features available on mobiles, designers make it easy to get dependent. Cell phones are now all-in-one gadgets, serving as not only a phone, but an mp3 player, TV, camera, and PDA.
And for teens, cell phones are their bread and butter. On average, teens are texting and receiving over 2000 messages per month.
I think it's okay to maximize the uses of your cell phone, but just know when to put it aside and detach. You can't be so enveloped in your phone that you don't know how to be in the here and now.
Heck, in the future, we might be interfacing with our synthetic environments, where the word "tangible" will be valued with all it's rarity, where dependence on gadgets are necessary.
This post was edited on: 2009-06-30 at 10:30 AM by: KiwiSeminars
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 19, 2009 - 07:29 AM
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Thanks you all for your contributions. I posted this thread keeping in mind this article that I read on the International Herald tribune. I personally think I would never want to be in a situation where my whole life would be dependent on a cell phone.
This is the url to the article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/technology/25iht-mobile.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=southkoreacellphoneuse&st=cse
This post was edited on: 2009-06-19 at 07:32 AM by: sidsayed
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 20, 2009 - 12:14 PM
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The success of the mobile phenomenon has been largely due to low cost and convenience. I myself am not an ardent user of mobile phone however, it is undoubtedly true that for a large majority of the people, mobiles are an intricate part of their life, especially given that the mobile services are forever changing and providing new and improved services. Although internet access is not yet accessible to the vast majority, numerous non internet based services, particularly, mobile banking has become hugely popular with the masses. Some of the other services include, daily horoscope, entertainment information, jokes etc. Apart from the convenience and necessity, mobiles are stylish, fashionable and sophisticated. All these factors combine to make mobiles highly popular.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
June 21, 2009 - 02:07 AM
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I think we are to dependent on cell phones, some people cannot even go a whole hour with out feeling the need to check on their cell phone. And yes i am one of these people, this is not something i am proud of and i am trying to work on it lol.What ever happened to talking face to face, some people have become so self consciensce and afraid to talk to someone else they decide to send a text message where there is the least amount of any personal contact envolved. Honestly if my cell phone stopped working and all my communication devices did as well i would be so gratefull in a way because then i would have an excuse to not look at my cell phone, and i would have silence and time to relax. I wouldnt need to worry about responding to a txt or answering the phone because i wouldnt be able to.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
July 12, 2009 - 03:48 AM
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Yes very much dependant.How much, I came to know when I lost it the day before y'day. I lost all urgent contact numbers, sms archive and many more. Moreover I remained out of contact for 2 days. The trouble I beared while getting the sim back from Nepal telecom was more bothering.loss of money 
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
July 17, 2009 - 07:20 PM
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Cell phones can do almost everything. If we all had phones that could only make calls, then we wouldn't be so dependent on them.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
July 20, 2009 - 03:08 PM
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sidsayed wrote:
Why are we becoming so dependent on technology ? What if one day you lost your cell phone and with it, you almost lost your identity, your banking details, your contacts, addresses, photos, and even your way home because you can't read maps unless its directions on your phone.
So in other words, you are incapacitated wihtout your cellphone.
I would politely disagree with you.
It is an entirely personal choice to rely on your phone as your only source of said information. It's your own fault if you don't keep the numbers/information backed up elsewhere. Today's phones make it easy to copy this info to a PC.
Second, it is not the phone that is the problem I believe you are alluding to. From what I've read in this thread, there seems to be some disdain for use of a cellphone as a means to consume other media (internet, etc). In that case, it is not cellphones that are the problem, it is our own selves.
People are the ones responsible for making whatever choices they do. If I think a cellphone should only be used for conversations, then I shouldn't be purchasing an iPhone.
KiwiSeminars wrote:
And for teens, cell phones are their bread and butter. On average, teens are texting and receiving over 2000 messages per month.
This post was edited on: 2009-06-30 at 10:30 AM by: KiwiSeminars
It is in my experience that adults who are exposed and used to technology are not only just as bad, but worse than today's kids for slacking off on their phones.
As much as many don't like the fact, the world is becoming a metaphorically smaller place. The best we can do is go with the flow.
This post was edited on: 2009-07-20 at 04:12 PM by: Manderson
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
July 20, 2009 - 10:29 PM
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While I totally agree with you on the importance of mobile technology and its inevitable necessity, my thread was referring to this article in the IHT about a project in South Korea where almost every important information of your life is stored in a cell phone. I had to attach the link in the next post because it took me some time to search for the link.
[link="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/technology/25iht-mobile.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=southkoreacellphoneuse&st=cse"]
After reading this, at least this is not how dependent I would want to be on a cell phone.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
July 21, 2009 - 05:12 PM
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I think that as cell phones get more and more features that we used to get from other devices such as: taking photos, surfing the internet; we become even more dependent on our mobile phones because they now house our favourite types of technology into one small [or relatively small] device.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
September 26, 2009 - 07:45 AM
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I will be honest. I am pretty dependent on my cell phone. I sell Sarasota real estate and get the lions share of my business from my website. So, I am constantly checking my blackberry (crackberry) for emails from new prospects. I am looking forward to the days where I don't need to check my blackberry hourly.
I was with some people from Paris yesterday. They were checking their blackberry and Iphone regularly.
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
December 9, 2009 - 12:43 AM
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Are We Becoming Too Dependent On Mobile Phones?
from the lose-a-phone,-lose-a-friend? dept
Three years ago, we wrote about the fact that very few people back up the address book in their mobile phones -- and when they lose those phones, it can be like losing access to certain people. It appears not much has changed. In a more recent article, a bunch of people relate similar stories, suggesting that losing a mobile phone is like being "disconnected from life." Of course, with social networks and email and other forms of communication, it's not necessarily as dramatic, but it does make you wonder why more mobile operators don't offer services to automatically back up mobile phone address books
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080321/175344622.shtml
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Re: Are we too dependent on cell phones
December 9, 2009 - 01:32 AM
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Cellphone dependence increasing in elementary schools: report+
TOKYO, May 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Elementary school students are becoming more psychologically dependent on their cellphones, with about a quarter of surveyed students saying they feel "very anxious" if they do not receive replies to their emails on their cellphones, a report released Wednesday by a Japanese parent-teacher association said.
The report was based on a nationwide survey conducted on 2,400 fifth graders and 2,400 students in the second year of junior high schools as well as their parents in November last year, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Associations of Japan said.
Nineteen percent of the elementary school students and 22 percent of the junior high school students answered that they tend to make long calls despite themselves, while 25 percent of the elementary school students and 26 percent of the junior high school students said they feel very anxious when they do not get email replies, according to the report.
The figures for the elementary school students were both up 7 points from the previous survey conducted in November 2007.
"Emails can be the start of cellphone dependence," said Kunihiko Soga, who heads the association, and added, "Parents and children should discuss rules on when and how to use cellphones."
Sixteen percent of the junior high school students, the largest single group, said they send and receive more than 50 emails through cellphones per day, the report said.
More than half of the junior high school students polled send and receive more than 10 emails per day. It was one to five emails for 34 percent of the elementary school students, followed by six to 10 for 14 percent, and 11 to 20 for 6 percent.
The survey results also revealed that 20 percent of the fifth graders and 42 percent of the students in their second year in junior high schools owned a cellphone.
Among the junior high school students surveyed, 38 percent said they have email friends their parents do not know about, up 3 points from the previous survey. Meanwhile, 57 percent of the parents surveyed said they have introduced filtering services that limit their children's access to harmful contents online.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D985E9C01&show_article=1
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