Are Landlines Becoming a Thing of the Past?

By Ray Nicolini

Guess what items 38% of Americans ages 18 to 29 no longer consider a necessity of life according to a recent Pew Research study.  If you guessed a landline telephone you are right.  According to that same study, 74% of the US households still have a landline.  This means that 26% of the country has said goodbye to their landline telephone.

With the rising use of mobile devices like cell phones, Blackberry Devices, Droids, iphones, and other smart phones more and more people are thinking about dumping their landline phone.  According to the study, 6% fewer Americans from 2009 to 2010 are saying the landline is still a necessity of life.

 
The use of mobile devices is driving the use of the landline down.  Do you find yourself asking, why do I still have a landline?  If so, you are defiantly not alone.  In a recent article on www.cellbills.com, even Amy Baumhower a long time mobile device executive and Owner of One Source Mobile asked the question of other cell phone users and especially moms out there with teenagers who refuse to answer the landline phone at their home, why keep the landline phone?

"So we will keep watching to see what the final numbers for 2010 are when it comes to reduction in landlines.  In the meantime, if you find yourself not answering the phone or using you landline less and less it make be time to get rid of the old landline phone and go strictly with a mobile phone."

CellBills.com is the best way to reduce cellular phone cost.  www.CellBills.com allows Consumers and businesses to go to their site and get a free savings evaluation on how much they can save with their current cellular provider.  The average Customer at CellBills.co reduces their current cell phone cost by 32%.  For more information of try the service go to www.CellBills.com.

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System charges phones and laptops wirelessly - Fujitsu

By Ray Nicolini

 

 

Fujitsu, the Japanese technology company, has created a system capable of simultaneously charging multiple portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and laptop computers, without the need for cable connections.

Photograph by: Albert Gea, Reuters

Mobile-phone users will be able to charge their devices wirelessly for the first time in 2012.

Unlike the current generation of charging "mats," the new technology works at a distance and raises the possibility of a city network quietly charging any cellphone within range.

Fujitsu, the Japanese technology company, has created a system capable of simultaneously charging multiple portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and laptop computers, without the need for cable connections.

Eventually, electric car drivers may also be able to charge their vehicles wirelessly using the same technology, according to Fujitsu, which unveiled a prototype at a conference at Osaka Prefecture University.

The technology works through transmission of electricity using magnetic fields between the charger and the device.

The system enables wireless charging at distances of several metres -- meaning a single charger could serve a home, much as a home Wi-Fi device does -- with the ultimate aim of public "charging spots" on the streets for easy charging round the clock.

Scientists at Fujitsu Laboratories are planning to sell products incorporating the new wireless charging system as early as 2012, but it has not been disclosed how much they would cost.

"This technology paves the way to integrating compact wireless charging functions into mobile phones and enabling multiple portable devices to be charged simultaneously without any restrictions on their position with respect to the charger," the company said in a statement.

The soaring popularity of portable electronic devices, from iPads to e-readers, is expected to spark a boom in wireless recharging technology developments over the coming decade.

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