Summary Cell phones are becoming more and more popular these days, while wristwatches are becoming less and less popular. The mobile phone industry is constantly coming up with new apps that come bundled with the phone while their prices are not increasing. Wristwatches, on the other hand, aren't really that technologically advanced and are of no use to many people. To measure people's cell phone addiction and popularity, the researcher conducted an experiment that tested people's cell phone addiction. The hypothesis was that if random subjects were asked the time, more people would turn to their cell phones rather than their wristwatches. Twenty-four people were asked the time and 50% of them turned to their cell phones. This proves that the hypothesis is correct. More and more people are relying on their cell phones rather than their wristwatches. This alludes to the great dependence of people on the technological advancements of cell phones. Currently in 2010, it is difficult to understand what a telephone call was like in the 1870s when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. In Bell's day, making a call wasn't as simple as pressing ten digits to dial a number and pressing Call. This was a rather difficult process and required two hands for the job, one to hold the transmitter and one to hold the receiver. Additionally, the telephone connection was generally very weak. It was a daunting task to be heard on the other side of the receiver. People had to shout into the transmitter hoping the other person would hear them. Now with updated cell phones, a person can make a call and use other applications, such as sending a text message, while remaining connected to the other person...... in the middle paper ...... were not taken into account. An interesting extension of the experiment is to compare the age factor with cell phone addiction. If this type of experiment were to be repeated, the researcher would need to test cell phone addiction in two age groups; a group of teenagers and a group of middle-aged people. Works Cited Crompton, SW (2009). Alaxander Graham Bell and the telephone: the invention that changed communication. New York: Infobase Publishing. Earnest, L. (April 16, 2006). http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/16/business/fi-watch16. Retrieved from www.LAT.com.Fraser/Corbis, P. (2010). Next big things. Reader's Digest, 84-97. Ho, D. (November 2008). http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/cell-phone-killing-wristwatch. Retrieved from www.Hamptonroads.com.http;//library.thinkquest.org/04oct/02001/home.htm. (2001, October 4). Taken from Thinkquest.com.