Summary : Evolutions of Cellular Phones by Nokia

The introduction of communication is dramatically changing our lives. The ability to communicate anytime, anywhere increases our quality of lives and improves our business productivity. Since invention "Talk to a box" in 1876 then people start to have more intensely to develop or invent in communication system. After "Talk to a box" in 1876, "Listen to a box" in 1896, "Watch a box" in 1925, "Command a box" in 1944, "Take the box with you" in 1980s. In 1996-2006, many applications are invented and developed. Nowadays peoples use the box to listen to the world, recording everything (what we see, say, feel, hear, etc.).
There's one dimension that Tirri (Researcher at Nokia) mentioned in Conference, PerComm 2007, is Participatory Sensing. The new invention is that mobile phones can show the Air Pollution tracking data (EPA), see the traffic using GPS, location of the car in parking lot, sports performance. Tirri said 5 keys technological challenges, they are Sensor data, Mobile connectivity, Integration, Power, and Scaling down.

The rise of mobile telephony gives us the chance to observe the adoption of a new technology. Beyond providing insight into innovation, it affords us the chance to see how the innovation is accepted and how it causes the revision of existing values and practices.