LAB3

__**1. Describe Jan Chipchase's prior job (he now works at frog design [] ) in relation to his work at Nokia. What are the two names he is given in the article?**__

Jan Chipchase was working as a researcher for Nokia. At Nokia, He was always on the go, travelling to different countries like China, and India etc to research on different types of people all over the world that Nokia would/should design cellphones for. His job description included things like studying the lives of people, finding out how they lived, what they carried with them when going out, what they kept in their pockets/purses, what kind of things did they have at home and how and when they used different things. Jan often carried a camera with him to take pictures in order to study his observances later. He referred his research to Nokia to help them manufacture and design phones for various types of populations.

Cellphones and telecommunication in general is on the rise is all societies as it has made the lives of the whole human kind a lot easier. Although, underdeveloped and developed nations have different needs in cellphones, its use is on the rise everyday. People’s lives differ in different societies and so does their needs and wants and this is what Chipchase is required to do; to observe what people need in different parts of the world, in relation to Nokia(cellphones).

The two names that Jan Chipchase is given in the article due to his job at Nokia are ‘human-behavior researcher’ and ‘user-anthropologist’.

__**2. “It’s really quite striking,” Hammond says. “What people are voting for with their pocketbooks, as soon as they have more money and even before their basic needs are met, is telecommunications.” (World Resources Institute) In the spirit of this quote, describe four instances of how owning a cellphone enables users to better their lives. **__

Owning a cellphone results in the betterment of the users lives by:

1- Cellphones have made communication extremely easy and timeless. People can make voice calls and send text messages at any time with ease and convenience of all parties involved in the conversation. No matter where(almost) anyone is, they can make or receive a voice or text message from another person as long as they have a connection between them. Cellphones can be extremely useful in situations of emergency, loneliness, or any kind of help. There are cellphones that are so user friendly and easy to use that illiterate people are starting to own them in developing countries. 2- The concept of mobility that has been introduced by cellphones is mind boggling. You can carry your device anywhere you want and stay in touch with everyone. A lot of people conduct thei businesses on their cellphones too now. 3- A lot of individuals depend on their cellphones to conduct their everyday businesses. Eg: trading etc. Others who are looking for a job can be contacted by potential employers instantly. A lot of business transactions can also be made instantly on the phone, eg: ordering food from a restaurant for take away or delivery while on the road.

4- Cellphones these days have a lot of memory and can support different formats of songs, movies, games and applications which are affordable by almost everyone and provide entertainment to people in their free/leisure time during the day. Small applications like calculators, alarm clocks, cameras, gps etc are built in in all cellular phones today and are extremely useful and purposeful.

CELLPHONES have made lives much easier and better in todays fast moving world and it seems impossible to think of a world without this amazing technology.

