Ad Promotion - The Phone Spot

Mobile phone technology has helped us all keep in touch, wherever we are. Whether you're a businessman, teenager or tech-head who always has to have the latest mobile phone, cellphones have permeated our lives in the same way as the advent of electronic mail. Never before have we seen such an unparalleled level of constant direct contact with one another.

Thanks to the ubiquity of mobiles, manufacturers are able to bring us the latest technology in their mobile phone deals, and at competitive prices to boot. This higher quality results in consumers on average keeping their handsets for longer nowadays. Offers on mobile phones are available online and on the high street to such a degree that they're in everybody's grasp.

It's likely that your mobile is no longer simply a tool for communication - these days phones are also cameras, music players and televisions, and there's scope for more: how about your phone replacing your credit card, or even your entire wallet? Japanese mobile owners have been using their phones to pay for goods in fast food and retail outlets - a massive growth area for its convenience and possible technological ramifications, and one that will almost certainly be found in Europe before 2010. Finnish market leaders Nokia have been developing the use of 'wallet phones' in several locations around the world on a test basis, with mobile phones each having their own unique identifying number linked to their bank account, which can be communicated easily at a point of sale, even by a relative mobile phone newbie. Obviously this raises many issues of privacy - having your mobile phone stolen could suddenly become a lot more perturbing.

'Wallet phones' could also potentially store information pertaining to your company ID, train pass, membership cards, drivers license, photo album and more, meaning it has the potential to replace your entire wallet - which leads us to another question - whatever else can a mobile phone offer to us hungry consumers?