fashion statement with cell phone

Making a fashion statement with cell phone covers

Just ten years ago, cell phones were a newish development in communications technology. If you had a cell phone, you were on the cutting edge. Today, rare is the individual who doesn't own at least one.

Cell phones provide security and peace of mind for parents when their children are equipped with their own cell phones. The kids can be contacted at any time to be sure they're safe. Kids and teens, naturally enjoy being able to call their friends - frequently. Although the cell phone cover serves to afford some protection to the cell phone from careless handling, these phone covers are also fashion items. Cell phone covers come in every color and finish you can imagine. Even fashion-conscious adults love these decorative cell phone accessories.

Just as hats and briefcases can express your personality, cell phone covers are the techy fashion statement equivalent. Teens often have as many phone covers as hats or shoes. After all, these cell phone accessories are always on display. Girls may enjoy showing their feminine side with a bright pink, lavender or powder blue phone cover. There are models with patterned designs, fake jewels, metallic and even holographic finishes. Boys tend towards the macho look, from cool Goth to radical looking psychedelic models.

Due to the fashion accessory function, teens may change their cover daily to match their attire or the occasion. Teens also often change clothes multiple times in a single day, as any mother's laundry basket will attest. It's fortunate indeed that these fashionable phone covers require no laundering!

Many parents foot the bill for the cell phone, but once they see the appetite for, and variety of the covers, this cell accessory becomes an out-of-your-allowance item. Individually, cell phone covers are inexpensive, but when you get into a couple of dozen, those dollars can start adding up. However, teens don't mind. Their cool collection can be acquired over time and it's an absolute must-have for every teen.

Younger kids are not such avid consumers, but they'll have one or two anyway. Cartoon and movie characters are popular themes with the youngsters.

Adults tend to look for elegant, sophisticated or just plain exotic versions of the cell phone cover, but may not have so many in their cell accessory 'wardrobe'.

Cell phones are here to stay, as are cell phone covers. Fashion and fun never go out of style.

Written by: hendry hidayat

senantiasa belajar, Updated at: 13.19

what Smartphones

Smartphones

What's the craze all about?

If you haven't heard of smartphones, we'd like to learn where you've been hiding all this time. Smartphones have been all over the news and chances are, you do know what they are - only you know them under a different name. Smartphones are mobile phones with computer like capabilities. 

What's that? Aha! Yes, you've not only heard of them, you've probably seen them as well.  Packed with Internet access, email capabilities, address books, and a whole lot more, cell phones have come a long way since their first debut. But be careful not to confuse these newest toys with sandbox devices. 

Sandbox devices are tools that come pre-loaded with things like calendars, calculators, and a notepad. What differentiates them from smartphones is that users can add (download and install) additional programs to smartphones and they seemingly become mini portable computers for the people who use them. That - and the ability to edit the content that sits on them - is what makes these phones "smart."  

Some of the more popular brand names include the Blackberry, PalmSource, Nokia, and Windows CE. Yet the craze is extending to even some off-brand company names. Today, it's hard to find a cell phone that doesn't offer some sort of "smart" technology because it's in such a high demand. The convenience of having information at our immediate access is phenomenal - so much so that thousands of programmers have jumped on the opportunity to build unique applications specific to these small machines. 

As a result, you can find tons of games, databases, GPA systems, weather reporting programs, and even small encyclopedias on these things - each accessible not at the click of a mouse - but at a few presses of a free thumb. Of course a mini keyboard is available for the text-messaging fan or for the poor fellow who can't seem to get away from the office. In the latter case, don't be surprised if you find the entire Microsoft Office suite displayed within a screen no bigger than a matchbook. 

Is this a phase? That's highly doubtful. The market for these devices extends from the highly technical and professional all the way to the pre-teen socialite. The product crosses all demographics and thanks to decreasing costs - it sees no economic boundaries as well. The Wikipedia encyclopedia claims that "Out of 1 billion camera phones to be shipped in 2008, Smartphones, the higher end of the market with full email support, will represent about 10% of the market or about 100 million units."

But what is it that makes smartphones so appealing? As mentioned, smartphones give us the ability to not only carry our data around with us where ever we go, it also gives us the ability to edit that data any place - any time. In today's "reality" based generation, we're always looking for the opportunity to capture and relive a moment. And we want to share that moment with others. At best, smart phones give us the opportunity to express ourselves impromptu with entertaining results.

Attempting to do the same with a bulky desktop computer or laptop is to cumbersome. Even some of the smallest peripherals (digicams, digital cameras, etc.) don't give us the same opportunities that smart phones do. Being able to carry around a device for communication, creation, recording, and editing simply compliments the need for today's generation to do more and then do it, faster!

Written by: hendry hidayat

senantiasa belajar, Updated at: 13.04