A visual history of mobiles: Past, present and future
Sometimes I can’t help but think back to my first cellular phone back in the mid-1990′s. But the history of mobiles started a decade prior, when phones were beyond the means of most consumers. Now we have countries with more mobile subscriptions than people and the phone itself is used less and less for it’s original purpose: Voice calls.
This infographic, courtesy of Savings.com, brings together historical datapoints showing the decreasing cost and size of mobile devices, in conjunction with more capable hardware and services.
Interestingly, the “phone of the future” will support HD graphics, electronic payments and can be used as a game console. Galaxy Nexus owners are already living in the future then as the smartphone with its NFC chip can be used as wireless wallet, is great for watching HD videos and connects to console-quality game services in the cloud, such as OnLive, right now.
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This infographic, courtesy of Savings.com, brings together historical datapoints showing the decreasing cost and size of mobile devices, in conjunction with more capable hardware and services.
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Electric cars are they conserving energy.
ReplyDeleteNote: Electricity is a secondary form of energy derived by utizing another for of energy to produce electric current.
Let us look at the facts.
In order to produce electricity, we need some form of energy to generate electricity. Whereby you lose a substantial amount of your original source of energy.
I the process we are losing the efficiency of the initial energy source, since it is not a direct energy.
Let us take it a step further. To generate electricity we utilize; coal, oil, natural gas, hydro electric, photovotaic-solar, Wind, geothermal, etc.
How much of the initial source of energy do you lose to get the electricity you need for your electric automobile; you also lose electricity in the transmission lines.
Why are we jumping to a new technology, without analyzing the economic cost, the effective return and efficiency of such technology; while computing and measuring its affect on the environment
form like natural gas.
Natural gas vehicles are a direct source of energy, where you get the most for your energy source.
Electric cars are they conserving energy.
ReplyDeleteNote: Electricity is a secondary form of energy derived by utilizing another for of energy to produce electric current.
Let us look at the facts.
In order to produce electricity, we need some form of energy to generate electricity, whereby you lose a substantial amount of your original source of energy.
I the process we are losing the efficiency of the initial energy source, since it is not a direct energy.
Let us take it a step further. To generate electricity we utilize; coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro electric, photovoltaic-solar, wind, geothermal, etc.
How much of the initial source of energy do you lose to get the electricity you need for your electric automobile; you also lose electricity in the transmission lines.
Why are we jumping to a new technology, without analyzing the economic cost, the effective return and efficiency of such technology; while computing and measuring its affect on the environment?
Natural gas vehicles are a direct source of energy, where you get the most for your energy source – in efficiency and monetary value.
In these hard economic times – I would think, you would want to get the most for your dollar – and not waste resources.
YJ Draiman, Director of Utilities & Sustainability