== What is a “Cell phone software liar” ? ==

Cell Phone software liar as known as “SounderCover Software” , it was first invented in 2006. This software is especially designed for Nokia Series 60's mobile phone and its function of this software is to allocate your phone with a sound background . From it's official websites, it says “ This has caused a science of physics, allowing others to believe you on the phone shown in the background sounded place. “ and in another words, this software can help you lie and cheat on people who call you. Users can pretend they are in the park on the street whereas they are actually watching a movie in a cinema. The software allows you “ to use pre-recorded telephone Lane to choose a background sound or any person at any time to pick up a phone.” and also, you can change the background sound to anything you like , at any time.
For instance : you can choose from the followings sound effects which are already included in the software:

In a part
Circus parade
Dentist
Phone ringing
Street voices
Thunderstorm

(source from: http://www.51spsoft.com/DownInfoEn/info13188.html )

“Do you want to oversleep in the morning, the situation called for the boss you really have traffic congestion? Then you can lie on the bed to ease traffic congestion in the background sound choices and then listen to a phone call to the boss. “

“ If someone's phone is always nagging eloquent words, you can choose the background voices within 15 seconds the phone rings, This sounded on the phone, the phone rings every 15 seconds, you can tell him you have to be linked to other phone calls, take. “


“Telephone call to your girlfriend, SounderCover will suggest you press down keys, Then you can choose what he wants to listen to other voices in the background! “

(source from: http://www.51spsoft.com/DownInfoEn/info13188.html )

Reasons why people like it:

People who likes this software are mainly teenagers and OL ( office ladies) , they said they like it because they can not be tracked by anyone and they can lie about their location .

How does it effects our culture:

Refer to Marshall McLuhan' s theory on “ technological determinism” , he warned that “ technology is changing society” ( McLuhan 1967) .With no doubt, cell phone will soon become a new mass medium ,especially when 3G (3rd generation) mobile phone is coming to us. With such software liar, users relationship between one and other can be easily changed and effected, reliance between human will no longer exist., in fact , we are ruling by technologies and technologies are having control over our social networks.

In comparing with Lelia Green in her book named “ Technoculture” ( 2001) stated the idea on “ society changes technologies” , in this case , technology is changing our society and changing our relationships between one and other. Although cell phone is becoming a new form of mass medium, and it also brings new technologies and innovation to our culture. However, it always create boundaries , restrictions and it created a virtual space for users which becomes barriers between people in today's society.

In this case, technologies are moving beyond reality and they are non-stoppable and can not be controlled in our hands, it doesn't only effects our relationships among others, it is obviously having effects on our culture as a whole.

places you can download this software:

- http://www.mohappy.com/Soft/software/all/200610/1113.html

- http://www.51spsoft.com/DownInfoEn/info13188.html

- http://www.splife.com/soft/17595.html

- http://mobile.163.com/06/1008/10/2STGKREE0011179K.html

Software requirments:

- operation system : Win9x / NT / 2000 / XP/2003

- file size : 585 K

- Free of charge

- language : Chinese

Reference:

- Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore (1967), " The medium is the message" Hardwired, San Francisco,pp.9-9, 26-41, 74-5

- Lelia Green (2001), "Technoculture", Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest,pp.1-20


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-http://mobile.yesky.com/mobileskill/394/2645394.shtml

-http://edu.singtao.com/article/article_detail.asp?id=144