This week, I am going to focus a little more on the cell phone and internet in one. Last week I discussed the space-biased nature of the cell phone and how we can virtually communicate with anyone, anywhere. This week, I am going to develop this idea a bit more and analyze the other boundaries cell phones have erased, other than just those that deal with communicating with people. In today's society, many individuals have Internet on their cell phones as well. As a result, the cell phone now doubles as a lap top, a radio, a television, a camera, a GPS, an encyclopedia, a gaming system, a ticket office, and even a bank teller with the new app where you can virtually deposit checks. Having a smart phone has literally given people the ability to run their entire life while sitting at home.
With the example of the check depositing app, I think this space-biased nature of the smart phone shows how we are relying on people less and less. People blame outsourcing for our loss of jobs in America, but what about technology? Right now, I work as a bank teller and I can see the number of customers each day that come through and use the ATM. At one time, tellers were doing all of those transactions, and now with the ability to desposit money from your cell phone, it makes me wonder how much longer there will even be a need for bank tellers.
In addition to this, iPhone now has Siri. We don't even need to use our fingers to use our phones anymore, we can just ask any question out loud and our cell phone will answer us in a woman's voice. Pretty soon, we aren't even going to have to be near our cell phone in order for it to do whatever we want.
As you can see, the space-biased nature of cell phones is just continuing to grow and the opportunities are endless. The amount of things we can do from the edge of our finger tips is amazing and I believe that we will only continue to become more reliant on technology as the abilities grow.
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