By Shirish Ranjita

Cell Phone often called mobile phone is becoming digital equipment that has become an inseparable piece of a personal decoration. One could say that cell phone is like an ornament to a person. As there are many different types of ornament to meet every individual’s taste, there are many different types of cell phone too to suit everybody’s taste. 

In USA, the most popular phones are flip phones with the key pad covered by the upper screen. In Europe and East Asia, the popular phone seems to be a small phone without a flip cover. There are many varieties of cell phones to suit everybody’s need.

In the beginning, cell phones used to be only for telecommunication. However, current-makes and models of cell phones can do many things besides talking to your best friend. Most of the cell phones have camera and video systems. In addition, cell phones have a text-messaging system, music player, wireless internet, and now even your personal digital assistant (PDA). So, many small-personal devices are merging to become an everything-in-one-device cell phone. 

In our experience, the audio-video system has been a great feature that tends to be not-used as often as it should have been. This has been one of the under-used features due to the fact that the phone companies in USA have prevented cell-phone owners to download data from their phone without paying charges to the telephone company. There are few devices that allow owners to download data directly to their computer; but these devices are between far and few.

In USA, the most popular phone has been Motorola Razor Thin. It is slim phone with elegance. Its features are camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth wireless, and a voice-activated system. This phone lacks PDA. The Bluetooth feature allows connecting the wireless phone to other devices such as an earphone or a computer. 

Palm makes Trio model cell phones that include PDA features with a large screen. It is not a flip phone but has a camera and memory expansion slot for music and data. Trio is mostly commonly used by business folks who require their emails and calendars handy.

Cell phone as an ornament has various optional features besides talking-features. Many different models are available for the reason that different people have different tastes for their ornament.

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