Study Finds 3G Phones Will Change Social Habits

Posted on March 23, 2006

A study on 3G phones, the next-generation of the cell phone which has broadband speed and video recording, has found the the phones could change the way people behave. A BBC article about the study says men and women used the phones differently and that the phones could eliminate blind-dates.

Men used the technical capabilities of their phones more extensively than women, the report suggested, often adopting fictional personas to make amateur news reports, dubbed the "Andrew Marr effect" by researchers.
Some women used their phones to take pictures of taxi drivers in an effort to guarantee personal safety.
The increasing use of camera and video capabilities has already opened up new opportunities for phone users to contribute to news coverage on TV and online.
And the time-honoured blind date could soon fall out of fashion, if the report's conclusions are correct.
More and more people might use 3G phones to check out a potential date before meeting them, or use video calls as part of an interactive dating service.

The article also says some people made short films and news broadcasts with the phones. Some women also shopped with the phones asking other people how they looked in different outfits. We can also be sure that teenagers will come up with new and unexpected uses for the 3G phones.