Is there a cell phone or a mobile phone? Over the past 25 years, the cell phone has gone from a working tool to a common place personal communications device used by almost everyone. Most countries call it a "mobile phone", but the United States, it is more commonly known as a cell phone. " In some parts of the world there are now more cell phones there are landlines, and this trend is certain to continue.
In advanced markets like Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Israel, Singapore and many others, is very common for young children have cell phones. Of children 6 to 7 might have a cell phone account opened in their name that parents see the mobile phone as a safety device they can use to keep track of their children. Most of these children get their elderly parents used the phone, but in Japan, companies are already specifically targeting the youth market of mobile children.
The United States is far behind the rest of the world in most aspects of the cell phone industry. Only in recent years has a real decrease in land line phones as people switch to mobile phones been evident. A much less children have cell phone in the U.S. than they do in many parts of the world. Those who have one but see them as a fashion accessory and gave birth to the alarm industry and other industries catering to the mobile phone looks cool. If you're young, you not only need a cell phone, but you need a cool case and ringtones to establish your identity.
There are different rules of etiquette in each country. In America, it is common to hear people almost anywhere talking on a cell phone. Movie theaters and libraries may be restricted but people commonly use their cell phones in trains, buses, malls, airports and many other common gathering places. Contrasting this is Japan, where a cell phone ring will almost never heard of and people are very courteous. Cell phones are not used in trains and other places where they can disturb others and it is impolite to use. To circumvent this problem, send SMS messages via their cell phone is the preferred method of communication in Japan.
Posted on May 2, 2010.
