In the last 30 years, some of the most important technological advancements have been made in the communication field. From the introduction of the cell phone to email, communication has come a long way from the humble beginnings of party line phones and typewriters. However, the biggest change in communication can be seen in cell phone technology. Let’s take a look at how cell phones have changed.
Introduced with 1G capability in the 1980s, cell phones were monstrosities. The bases were uncomfortably large to house the very large batteries. Despite their sizes and expense, cell phones became popular devices in urban settings, and over the next decade, the phones shrunk to more manageable sizes.
The 1990s ushered in smaller cell phones with broader networks. Although many remote parts of the country still had little reception, cell phones continued to gain in popularity as their sizes shrunk, their battery power increased and cell towers began to appear in even the most remote locations.
When talking about communication, it is not just the cell phones that have made it easier for people to communicate with each other. But if you are having a computer or a laptop, you can communicate with your friends using a number of chat applications and chat platforms. The best aspect of some of the chat applications is that they can even be downloaded at cell phones to enable you to chat with your friends free of cost. Let me share some of the worth mentioning chat applications and chat platforms;
Pidgin - The application is an easy to use chat client. Pidgin allows people using different chat applications to communicate with each other. It is a very good instant-messaging client that also allows managing a contact list, file transfer on supported protocols, and conversation and chat logging.
IRC Platform –IRC network is one of the biggest chat platforms that allow people to communicate with each other depending upon their interests. In an IRC platform you can join different chat rooms depending upon your preferences. If you are an avid IRC user then you might benefit from XChat which is IRC chat client.
Miranda IM – It is free open source multi-protocol IM software that can be used in Windows. Miranda IM has number of plug-ins that allows its users to customize its look and functions, manage and organize buddies from different networks, save history of its usage etc.
The millennium became the booming decade for laptops and cell phones use as texting and the first smartphones were introduced. When mobile phones capable of email, surfing the internet, and watching videos burst onto the scene, people were able to communicate on the go, discretely and in new ways, opening up communication abilities; who doesn’t need to “like” a YouTube video from a remote beach?