COMM 2084 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Handwriting Recognition, Arab Spring, Crowdsourcing
11 Apr 2016
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Third screen third screen: your mobile phone (other two are laptop and television) has your cellphone replaced other devices in your life do you use more than one device. First cell phone call was made in 1973 martin cooper of motorola made it it weighed nearly 2 pounds nicknamed the brick. Slow growth cell phone price as of 1983 - second wave of phones 1995. Why us was behind other nations opted to select the european standard for phones (gsm) Phones in other countries were cheaper, more widely available, experienced rapid innovation telecommunication act of 1996. Relaxed restriction on companies allowed companies in one industry to operate in another industry landline companies could merge with cellular. First modern tablet computer apple newton - 1983, flopped it was bad bad handwriting recognition software. Lte - uses dif type of technology driving and texting. 14 states and dc prohibit drivers from using handheld phone while driving.
