Mobiles phones in Estonia

Mobile phones are something that have been developing along side computers very fast during the last decade. When I said in the last blog that there are many people and families who own a computer, then there are even more people who have mobile phones.

I remember back in 2000 or 2002 seeing a mobile phone was different, a lot. Playing Snake or Space Invaders for the first time on a Nokia 5110 or 3310 was pretty mind-blowing. Of course before that mobile phones were even more different, less features but bigger in size and so on.

What a modern mobile phone resembles is basically a mini computer that has tons of features. GPS for guiding oneself to or through something, cameras for taking photos and videos, WiFi and other options for using the internet whatever someone needs it for. The games have developed since Snake a lot as well and people, of course, play them. Last but not least, a cell phone still can be used for calling and texting your friends, relatives or anyone, anywhere.

Even though if not everyone owns a fancy phone with a touch-screen that can do all that mentioned before and even more, I guess people in Estonia still use their cells mostly for contacting people by a regular call, sms, e-mail or other means. Everything else seems like a bonus that some people need and use more than others. And it's a growing trend.

Now..I think it seems that today, having a mobile phone is pretty much necessary but I like how when I was younger, I didn't need it or when I had one, I didn't use it that much. So what I mean is that the world today has gotten so into to all the technology that it would be pretty hard to get along without a mobile phone. That's because when these are the means that people mostly and almost always use to contact one another, then getting through to them without them would be slightly if not quite or very complicated. When was the last time you asked your friends to go out by going to their house? Or how often do you do that overall? I know that at least for me it's been quite a while and something that I don't do as much as I used to. But still, living without a computer or a mobile phone for that matter, is doable. :)

Norman