Trial Study on Cell Phones

I have argued that media technologies found on most if not all cell phones today such as, video recording and picture making are the future of mobile phone mediums. These high tech devices need to be molded in a conglomerate way as to better suite user ability and thus enhance use among consumers. With an easier to use media based cell phone profits will increase for shareholders of the technology because ease of use makes more people interested and more people buy the phone products.
I am a mid twenty male and use my cell phone many times a day. A person of my age and demographic tend to be more technologically minded because we grew up with the boom of computers. It is not my intention to argue that older individuals use cell phones much less however, I do feel it is important to realize that in the near future say 20-40 years people of the younger age will grow old with new technologies of today. These people will see large improvements in technological advances. For instance, computers once needed a whole room of space to fit in; now they fit in a hand. Secondly younger people tend to use more technology than older people new to it, simply because it is already a part of their way of thinking. Myspace, Facebook, Youtube, Google, Iphone all of these new technologies were invented by people in between their 20’s to 40’s roughly. Why; because this is what we know.
Because of these reasons, I simply talked to friends my age and local college students about their media use on cell phones. I asked questions about why they like new cell phones and how they view them in the future of the world. These simple questions illustrate the understanding that cell phones are important now among young people who view them to be important throughout their life. These young adults are using media within their cell phones and will continue to. As a designer I wish to ask what can be done to insure media use on cell phones will advance with other technologies and will be easy to use now and in the future. Here are a few quotes I found interesting when asking young people about media use in cell phones. These ideas are important because they support the need media in cell phones is presenting to young consumers:
Ben age 20: I use video on my phone because then my friends can see what I am doing: It’s fun.
Ashley 25: Pictures can sometimes speak more than words; that’s why I use them.
Jessica age 18: I use media on my phone because it allows me to talk when I couldn’t before, I can send pics during class and stuff.

These few ideas are fundamental in the progression of media technology on phones. We as designers need to forecast use in the future by doing research today. That’s why this study is important.