Cellphones,Journalism

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“carphones”BagPhoneStructuredfictionRealitycatchesup1973MartinCooperandthefirstcellphone1996MotorolaStarTACThe1946fantasy7The2013reality89Whymobile?Bythenumbers1011HowcellphonesworksEachcellphonehastworadios:Onetotalkandonetoreceive12AsetofhexagonsNocallsare“direct.”Eachgoesthroughthetowerinitscell13Multipleplatforms14Smartandnotsosmart15GSMvs.CDMA

DividingthebandwidthGSM(GlobalSystemforMobile)-eachdeviceisallocatedatimeslicewhereit"owns"thebandwidth,anditcansend/receiveitsdata.CDMA(CodeDivisionMultipleAccess)thephonesonlygetasliceofthebandwidthcyclewhentheyactuallyneedone.16Lessa“communicator,”morethe“tricorder”Powerfulcomputingcapabilities.Cameracanreadbarcodes,identifyshapes,objects,evenfaces17Audiofunctioncan“hear”andidentifysoundsandmusic.Aphone,acomputer,astereoThePomegranateMobilenearfutureThesetechnologiesareclose:iPhone6orGalaxyS54Kdisplays(4096x2160pixels)4Kvideorecording360°videorecordingUbiFocuscamerasMultiplemicrophonesImmersivegameplayMoreperformance,lesspowerconsumption20MobileisthePCoftheWorld21It’sanewsmachine2223Mobilephonesaremorepopularthantoothbrushes24Kyrgyzherdersadoretheircellphones,whichtheyacquirebytradingandkeepchargedwithsolar-poweredcarbatteries.

Thoughuselessforcommunication—cellularservicedoesn’treachtheisolatedplateau—thegadgetsareusedtoplaymusicandtakephotos.25NationalGeographicIt’salwayson,alwaysnearusItisseldommorethan6-feetfromus.MorepeoplehavecellphonesthantoothbrushesTracksnotonlywhoyouare,butwhereyouare.EricssonLabs,MMAForumAsia,ToniAhonenGeolocationandAugmentedRealityTurneverydistrict,neighborhood,parkareaofyourcoverageareaintoanavigable,multilayered,information-richenvironment27Geolocation:BetterjournalismVodacomSouthAfricaproducedlauncheda25-episodedocumentaryaboutyouthcultureinSowetodeliveredexclusivelybyalocativemobilesocialnetwork.28

“Mobikasi”–StreetCultureinSowetoQRcodesconnecttoprintAQR(bar-like)codecancontain7,089numbersor4,296characters.Myentirebiographyisinthecodetotheright.29Mobile-scannablecodescanbeinsertedinnewspapersoraddedtopostersThephoneasawallet…MicroscopeorwatertesterThere’sanappforthat…Bigimageareamultiplied33Acamerawithaphoneattached34Nokia808Pureview41MPsensor38mpimage110megapixelfileStereoDolbyrecording35Awayfromapps36Thenewdo-it-all3738LTE:Speedingtowardthefuture39DowntimeAuthoritativesource“New”downtime“Same”nee