摘要
为什么要使用手机，是一个哲学问题。
这么有哲学味道的话，出自两年前出版的—本名为《我手机》的小册子。“朝西”是作者之一，他的真名是张向东，2004年他与合作伙伴一起在广东创办3G门户公司，致力于在当时人们习惯地称之为“无线互联网”的领域开发新的应用。
Why should we use cellphone? That's a philosophic question. China's mobile Internet industry was launched when China Mobile Limited(China Mobile),one of the largest telecom operators in China,released its mobile Internet service in 2001,which was followed by establishments of countless mobile Internet companies.In the years after,people have formed the habits of playing games,downloading,chatting,browsing news or emails online.As the complement to the traditional Internet,the mobile Internet began to taken most of people's fragmented time. With the emergence of iPhone(a US handset maker),various handset applications,Social Networking Services,microblog,etc.in recent years,a new mobile Internet industry has arrived. The combination of SoLoMo,Social + Local + Mobile,seems to be the future mainstream of the industry.And some people even predict that mobile Internet users will surpass personal computer(PC) users next year! The mobile Internet industry is regarded as the next phase of new technologies. Cellphone has become so important today that it's said there are 5.3 billion handset users in the world now comparing to only 500 million in 2000. When the whole human society is connected via small cellphones,this is not just a philosophic question,but one concerning the evolution of the whole society or even the human species. Technology has enabled us to do many things, and it's like our second brain,an extension of human mind.We can communicate in more ways,travel faster,or even live a second life. So,we can all be called cellphoneman! Welcome to the society of cellphonemen.What you need to do is keeping your phone open in 24 hours every day and being available anytime, anywhere. Based on such points,CEOCIO China has conducted in-depth interviews and investigations on the cellphoneman society with partners, and concluded many interesting foundlings of cellphone and the mobile Internet industry via the perspectives of consumer behavior, broadcasting,sociology,and anthropology.We invite you to look into them in the cover story.
