Convergence of Cell Phones

As I read the introduction to Convergence Culture, I noticed a lot about the talk on the convergence of cell phones. They have arose to become something more than anyone expected when they were first developed. They are now used for the internet, sending picture and music messages, and playing games. As Jenkins states, "When people take media into their own hands, the results can be wonderfully creative;they can also be bad news for for all involved (17)". The change in the cell phone has made for some great changes, but it has also resulted into bad things. Bad things, such as this book mentions, like picture messages get sent to a large crowd of topless cheerleaders. I searched the web for articles on cell phone convergence and found this particular one website. It is an older article that covers how cell phones are changing. Since it is an older one it covers how cell phones are becoming the mp3 players, cameras, and video downloader we have never seen before. It was something new for us back then. Media is still changing to more advanced technology than they previously were. We are still experiencing the development of new advances in cell phones such as the iphone applications, as we are with other media also.