Literature Review

"People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car. Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire. It is that freedom we sought to vividly demonstrate in 1973," said Martin Cooper in April 3 2003.
But he says "the unfulfilled promise" of cellular, which should be, but still isn't as reliable or affordable as wired telephony.
http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm

A 12-year-old girl was seriously ill in hospital last night after being stabbed by a gang of teen robbers for her mobile phone. The youngster was jumped by three youths as she stood at a bus stop in Croydon, South London.
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Mobile_Phones_in_Society_General__5176697

Andrew Kakabadse, professor of international management development at Cranfield, said: "Our research shows that technology obsession hinders spelling skills, implicitly encourages plagiarism, and disrupts classroom learning.

Three in 10 students admit to using text message shortcuts, such as “r u ok” in essays and classroom tasks. Graeme Paton, Education Editor Telegraph

I do not see that mobile phones used normally pose a health problem, but some people are using them for 20-30 minutes or more at time, and there is overwhelming scientific evidence that there is a hazard to health from that kind of use. Roger Coghill is a specialist in bioelectromagnetics
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/314363.stm#


China's Ministry of Public Security feels that the crackdown on Internet porn has been so successful that it's made mobile phones the latest target in its campaign to eliminate access to obscene and vulgar content by its citizens report by Jacqui Cheng

Greg Day, a security analyst at McAfee, said the risks to mobile phone users compared to those faced by PC users connected to the internet are one to 100. But mobile phone users are increasingly concerned that as applications such as micro-payments and banking move onto their phones, they will attract criminals.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/11/229339/data-security-fears-increase-among-mobile-phone-users.htm

David Claridge, of the Risk Advisory Group, said: "Mobile phones are relatively cheap, you can acquire them in relatively large numbers and you can build a whole stack of them at one time and place them and set them off at your leisure. "It means that you can step away some considerable distance, the other side of the world, in order to initiate the explosive device."

In the near future, your mobile phone will be so powerful it'll guide you through your whole life, says William Webb
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/magazines/the-future-of-mobile-phones-a-remote-control-for-you-life-448816.html