Mobile Phone - An Article

( People,
I wrote this in eight standard or something, so it will be childish and out of touch)


MOBILE PHONES - BOON OR BANE? - YOU DECIDE

The Tamil Nadu government has banned the use of mobile phones recently.
Mobile phones seem to be the new trend these days. From the bus driver to the college student, everybody has one. Mobile phones have become, so to speak, essential communication devices of the 21st Century. One of the biggest reasons for their immense popularity and success in the global market are their advantages in almost every area over conventional landlines. So what can mobile phones do, rather what not? Mobiles are handy, small and versatile. Their mobility by far may be considered their greatest advantage over regular phones. They are wireless, in the literal sense of it as they can be carried anywhere and do not need a regular power supply by wire. They can even be used in adverse conditions, as they are small. They also allow their users to communicate when they are not at a fixed place - a bus, for example. They make it easy for us to receive information, especially urgent information, very quickly, without any hassles. Gone are the days when you could not go out of your house when you were expecting an important phone call. Now, you can do anything, anywhere, anytime. The mobile, at least in latest models, is loaded with great and cool features. One of the features to first come on the mobile was messaging. Nowadays, it has developed into two forms - SMS and MMS, standing for Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), MMS being the better option. Now, you can send audio, video, graphical images and almost everything else. Modern mobile phones also have given the common man an option to communicate visually and through audio. You can also digitally modify photos of your loved ones. These days, some ultra modern mobiles have super cool cameras which can not only shoot scintillating stills but also short videos and audio for a few minutes. They also have internet facilities and I choose not to comment on this feature as this has become so commonplace, that even the layman is enlightened on this. New models of mobile sport graphical interfaces, of which, around 15 years ago, even computer visionaries, could not dream of. They have almost replaced the personal computer. Mobiles also have digital games and networked gaming and have the credit of being entertainment centres, especially among the people of the younger generation. But, and almost unfortunately, be sides this plethora of advantages, they have more than their share of disadvantages. The fact that they are so valuable is also is the cause for their downfall. Lately, children, especially adolescents also have owned these electronic wonders (mobiles). As a result, especially among peer groups, they soon become items of prestige. The one having the latest model is said to be from the 'highest class of society'. They lead to rivalries. The pressure from his peers, pressures the teenage deeply to obtain mobiles even by dong horrendous crimes like stealing. And when these teenagers obtain these mobiles they keep on sending unnecessary e-mails and SMSs and make calls unrelentingly, thus the parents have to pay huge a bill, as charges for these facilities are higher in a mobile compared to a conventional landlines. Recently, there have been quite a few articles in newspapers and magazines which have been informing us of the alarming fact that the radiation emitted by these electronic devices is potentially hazardous to health. In fact, it is even recommended that mobiles should not be kept in the shirt pocket, as it results in the irregular beating of the heart; it is also the causes of brain tumours. It also affects some machines, especially those controlled by computer chips and other communication devices which use a wavelength similar to the mobile. They also can be very easily destroyed, compared to landlines, as they have weak external structures as protection for their inner circuitry. People also tend to speak on the mobile while driving. This puts their lives at grave risk. Many scientific studies have proven that people tend to divert attention towards the mobile rather than driving, leading to accidents, which also put other innocent people's lives at risk. Also some anti social elements of society try to flood people inboxes with hate mails, which anger them, and make their mobiles inactive. Cheap batteries also explode; I heard a report regarding this in a reputed newspaper. Recently, there have been reports that mobile internet software is being destroyed by viruses. The issue of privacy is also a major one. No sooner than you start doing some serious work, that some mobile phone goes off in a silly and nagging tune. Mobile Phones or not, YOU DECIDE.