MOBILE PHONES

MOBILE PHONES

     Mobile phones are not only make and receive calls but they can send texts and email, log onto the internet, take picture, record sound, play videos and among other things. While there are variety of mobile phones styles in the market, there are certain features that remain the same on each type. All the common parts found in all mobile phones are battery and antenna, the two parts of the cell phones that most likely to encounter damage if we open up the mobile phones. The battery supplies the electricity that make mobile phones work. The battery is protected as long as it is installed in the mobile phones. If we take it out, it is surprisingly fragile and easy to drop. The antenna is the portal through which the mobile phones is linked to other phones. The other parts is microphone and speakers. It is the channels through which the telephone communicates messages from other peoples to us. The microphone we speak will converts sound to electricity. The speaker we listen, converts the electricity to sound. Then the other more parts that important for mobile phones is keyboard and LCD Screen. The keyboard and LCD form another pair of channels through which you communicate with the mobile phones. By pressing buttons on the keyboard, you issue data and commands to the phone to turn on or turn off. The LCD screen is the way the phone communicates data to you, including number dialed, last number called, who is currently calling you.

We know mobile phones is important to us. Every year, millions of people buy and sell their mobile phones. Many people believe that whenever a mobile phone gets damaged it is better to replace it than to repair it since they have to face a lot of difficulties and it also use a lot of time. However this is not true in all cases. For example the money required to buy a mobile phone is more than money required for repairing it. The main benefit of mobile phone repairing is that repairing a mobile phone requires much lesser money than buying a new one. Another advantage is that on buying a new phone one has to load all the important data and information again whereas on repairing it, all the previously loaded information will be available again. It may also happen that while replacing a phone, the manufacturer may replace it with an already used phone but such an incident cannot happen while repairing because the user knows the history of his phone.

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i. Daniel Miller – An Anthropology of Communication  -  whatis?com’s - AMAZONPublising  - page 95  - 2001

Everyone has a mobile phone. Due to its popularity and convenience, it became a part of our daily life. Mobile phone is a friend to certain peoples but annoying in public places if it is misused. It is affecting our life in many ways if it is over use. Over use of mobile phone creates health problems, social problems and alsoeffect our behavior. The major causes of mobile phones’misuse is psychological problems. Over use of mobile phones may cause two new psychological problems. Firstly is NoMobile phobia. This is the Panic condition caused by the lose of mobile phone, no credit or lose of phone can bring a panic symptom referred to as NoMo Phobia. To overcome NoMo phobia, two methods are suggested. One is to keep the battery in top condition and the credit sufficient. Another method is, deliberately avoid mobile phone for few hours and then few days. Then you will feel that it is not an important thing. Secondly is Ringtone concern. This is a symptom related to the over use of mobile phone, a form of addiction. Ringtone concern refers to the sensation that the mobile phone is ringing or vibrating. It is the condition which a person always takes the mobile phone to see whether there is any a miss call or messages. The person will always give aattention to mobilephonse than his personal activities.

Around the world, there are billions of people using mobile phones daily but it will turn negatively if mobiles phones are being used excessively. The impact or effect of mobile phones in Islamic society is people, especially teenager, girls and boys starts their friendships using mobile phones. Mobile phone campaign offers such services like “Find your lover” or “Find new friends” and some people directly asks phone numbers of girls or boys from one another and start texting to one another. Mobile phone companies also offer too cheap calling and SMS. Even some of them offer full night free call offers, unlimited SMS with little money. Day by day, this friendship converts into meetings, dates and even going out with each other and here is the starting of destruction of a Muslim society. The positive impact on Islamic society is mobile phone can strengthen the ukhwah among muslims thus form the unity of  Islam. Mobile phones used to connect between the other peoples and we always communicate with our friends, relative and society 24 hours per day. This action will make us closer and closer to them and we will know each other very well.

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i. Daniel Miller – An Anthropology of Communication  -  whatis?com’s - AMAZONPublising  - page 115  - 2001

The problem of misuse mobile phones usually come from teenager. Mobile phones can give parents an extra sense of security when they know that they can reach their child at any time. However, the freedom that comes with a mobile phone can often lead to teenagers doing unhealthy things. Preventing misuse of mobile phones must start from inside soul of that individuals. First know our limits, our parents & elders trusts us so don’t break their trusts. Spending too much on phones will waste our money, Ifwe have much money, give some of them in the name of Allah, this will make your life hereafter better. Mobile phone phobia seems better in the beginning but later, it creates lots of problems for us for example our eyesight will be affected, you will lose that money which can be used in some other better work, you will lose your energy that can be used in your studies To avoid this bad habit, never keep much of balance in your phones. To parents and elders, please don’t let the children on wrong ways. Never buy cell phones for children until they are need to use the mobile phones. Keep a strict watch on their mobile phone activities, check their SMS inboxes, in and out calls history. Never give them too much money for cell phones. Either buying a new phone or for some balance. Keep a check on your children if they use phones too much or in late night.

Nowadays mobile phones have become a must for almost all people from all over the world. Modern mobile phones are able not just receive and make mobile phone calls but you could take pictures, store data as well as make your mobile phone as a gaming phones. The relevance of mobile phones at this century nowadays is mobile phones are the best way to stay connected with others and alsogive security to the user. If when emergency happen, having a mobile phone help to reach you much faster and maybe save lives. Today mobile phone has become quite reliable because of the advances in wireless technology. In fact, wireless service providers offer great packages and promotions for the mobile phone users. Today the importance of mobile phone goes far beyond the ability only to receive and make calls. Using modern mobile phones you are able to send data to the office or home, use it as calendar, check for emails as well as store different pictures which could be transferred to your laptop.

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John Aggar – Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone-  whatis?com’s - RainbowPublising  - page 33  - 2004

There are a number of issues to address in this developing century. These are different from one country or region to the other and also different inviewers of western scholar on mobile phones. There are some general needs, such as political stability and democracy, education, working financial system, health care, distribution of wealth, human rights and so on. The capability of the mobile phone to act as a tool to educate and gain knowledge as well as spreading viewpoints and communicate with the rest of the world, support but do of course not directly solve all the issues. This importance of the mobile phone has been recognised by organisations and agencies such as the UN  and USAID , which support  and reward  new mobile services suitable to meet the needs of developing countries. The community MobileActive.org  work actively in trying to increase the effectiveness of NGOs through mobile technology.

Islam is communication, no matter how you look at it. Islam is communication with yourself and it is communication with God Almighty, with the Qur’an, with your fellow human beings and with the rest of God’s creation. Some of the most interesting information the Prophet (saas) revealed is found in his hadiths that describe modern communications technology. One of the things he said is quite striking: The Last Hour will not come before the end of a man's whip speak to him.(Tirmidhi) When we look at this hadith closely, we can see the truth. As we know, in ancient times, the whip was widely used to ride saddle beasts, especially camels and horses. When we examine the hadith we see that the Prophet (saas) is making a comparison. Let us ask the people today this question: "What speaking object can we compare to the shape of a whip? "The most likely answer to this question would be a mobile phone or some other such communication devices.If we recall that wireless communication devices, such as cell phones or satellite telephones, are very recent developments, we will understand how the Prophet (saas)'s description was 1400 years ago. So, this is one more revelation of the time before Judgment Day in which we are living. In another of the Prophet's accounts, he highlights the development of communications technology: There will be no Judgment until a person's own voice speaks to him.(MukhtasarTazkirahQurtubi). The message in this hadith is quite clear: it states that a person's hearing his own voice is a characteristic of the End Times. Surely, for a person to hear his own voice, first it has to be recorded and then listened to. Voice recording and reproduction technology are products of the twentieth century. This development was a turning point in the advancement of science, one that has allowed the birth of the communications and media industries.

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John Aggar – Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone-  whatis?com’s - Rainbow Publising  - page 72  - 2004

The mobile phone has made a positive contribution to our life lives especialy contribution to Islam. First of all, it cannot be denied that a mobile phone entitles. Entitles means gives you the right, "allows" would be better you to communicate with almost anyone in anywhere. You can keep in touch with your relatives far away or your friends who might be sitting on the opposite side of the world. This will tight the ukhuwah among Muslims. Next, it has also proved to be sufficiently particularly would be better  effective in emergencies. It might seem unbelievable but you could save a human life by using a mobile phone in a the right place at a the right time. In addition, the mobile phone is also playing an irreplaceable role in our modern life. An average person with an mobile phone can listen to music, watch TV as well as keep up with the news and updates from his friends’ online pages. He can also look up  words in a dictionary, search for information while studying or turn to the GPS for help while when while sounds like you are getting lost on purposegetting lost. But now we also can reading or listening to al-Quran wherever we want and also we can know the meaning straight forward. To put all things everything  in a nutshell, with its positive contribution, the mobile phone has now been become  an important part of our life.

By analysis we came to know that mobile phone have both positive and negative aspect. We cannot live without its help. We need them in each and every step so that we can perform our work smoothly and efficiently. Like, with the help of mobile phone we can also call whoever we wish and ask about last minute things. We may take pictures at anytime in case we don’t have a digital camera. We have the ability to communicate instantly in an emergency. If we have a good plan, we don’t need a home phone. Cell phones are good to carry if you break down somewhere. New phones have calendars, and planners and alarms so you can get rid of all three. Having mobile phone it can cause many problems. One in particular, they need to be charged almost every day in order to work so it won’t run out of batteries. Mobile phones save our time but we should try to use the mobile in good things only not in bad one. But today the mobile phone has been used in unnecessary work also and has been over utilized. It is one technology which has enhanced our lifestyle not overcome us. We should take benefits of several innovations of this technology in this globalized world. Mobile phone in a way is very demanding and is getting its place in the market regularly no matter it changes its features, price and others. In conclusion mobile phones are easily acceptable new trend and it plays a vital role for every individuals.

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i. Daniel Miller – An Anthropology of Communication  -  whatis?com’s - AMAZONPublising  - page 44  - 2001