| Surprisingly, cell phones have actually been around | | | | home. It cuts up the waves of sound and sends |
| for a lot longer than most people think. Since the | | | | them in bursts of data to make a clearer sound. |
| 1970's, wireless cell phones have been on the | | | | Cell phones were also becoming a lot more |
| market, but no one with the exception of big | | | | affordable for the average Joe. Plans became |
| businesses and the government actually used | | | | more and more family friendly and packages |
| them. They were impractical devices that would | | | | were aimed at the regular consumer rather than |
| only work when a wireless network was actually | | | | busy businessmen. Through advertising and |
| in range, and that wasn't often back in the day. | | | | improving the technology and reliability of cell |
| The cell phones back then were impractical and | | | | phones, the industry has changed drastically. It |
| inefficient. They looked like large pieces of | | | | started out as a three million dollar market and |
| equipment that wouldn't fit into pockets and | | | | has exponentially grown to a thirty billion dollar |
| purses alike, so there really wasn't a point to | | | | market. Now, there are so many cell phone |
| carrying one. On top of that, there weren't any | | | | companies and so many choices for phones and |
| cellular phone accessories at all for the consumer | | | | phone plans that they make the average |
| to make their phone their own. But that picture | | | | consumer's head spin. Cheaper and better phones, |
| has changed into a much larger one. | | | | along with their cheap cell phone accessories have |
| When the nineties hit, cell phones became a major | | | | flooded the malls and electronic stores within the |
| player in the communications field. People were | | | | last ten years. You can now buy anything for |
| starting to use them in the main stream | | | | your cell phone, from the practical carrying case, |
| population and wireless companies like AT&T | | | | to flashing lights on the antenna, all the way to |
| were pushing to make wireless phones better and | | | | downloading music and hooking it up to speakers. |
| better. The cell phone is based on digital signals | | | | The cell phone industry has evolved into a profit |
| instead of the analog signals that were once | | | | devouring monster. Consumers, especially the |
| dominating the communications market. Digital | | | | younger generation, are all itching to get their |
| technology has made the wireless conversation a | | | | hands on new phones. |
| lot more like the wired phone calls that we use at | | | | |