Cell Phones: Good or Bad?

Cell phones have come to be part of a movement in protesting the government, such as the Filipinos who SMSed to wear black to break down Estrada. Filipinos could not afford computers or other technologic devices, let alone call anyone, but text messages were so cheap that everyone could successfully organized the protest with the use of them. And yet, the Filipinos then could not stop texting after they succumbed to their cell phones. Before there was texting, people assembled in Manila, like the Battle of Seattle. The Internet as progressed these groups and they operate in small units, dispersed throughout so they can take control when needed. Since this article is a little older, it states that they were testing technologies with GPS systems in them that are mobile. Obviously, we have already seen this in smart phones. This article also says that although these technologies do great things, they can also organize groups that will do the opposite and create groups to destroy something good. Technologies have also been used to create silly things like when Tokyo produced “ImaHima” to alert people when their friends are around. A lot of the examples from the article were much like Apps being used on peoples telephone. This application was also apart of a GPS system. Text messaging has also saved lives, like in September 11^th, Alex LeVine texting people to evacuate the building, even though some of the cell phone services were down. Cell phones have done both good and bad for the 21st century.