It’s funny to look back at old cell phones and how cool we thought the prior models were. As time has gone on they have become more advanced, faster, more versatile, and most importantly have more memory.
One thing really stands out to me about this equation though. Why hasn’t anyone taken cell phone memory virtual? Its a real pain to pour a drink on your phone and lose all of your contact information. Without my cell phone directory I would have virtually no one to call. Most people do not back up this information in any form.
If one company allows for a hosted virtual database of contact lists and other cell phone functions it would be a great leap in cellular technology. So many phones allow bolt on applications now that this would not be hard to accomplish at all. Imagine never worrying about losing all of your contact information, or being able to access it at any time. Transferring numbers to new phones would never be an issue. In fact, it would be accessible from any phone with an internet connection.
I bet google could handle this task easily, but so could any small start up.
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