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| − | "Although mobile phones gave teens the privacy that they desired, most also needed to learn budget management since mobile calls were expensive. As a means of reducing costs, teens turned to texting, overlooking its awkwardness and turning it into a fashion. As texting gained in popularity, more teens started managing and organizing their daily activities via SMS (Oksman & Turtiainen, 2004) and even establishing romantic relationships | + | "Although mobile phones gave teens the privacy that they desired, most also needed to learn budget management since mobile calls were expensive. As a means of reducing costs, teens turned to texting, overlooking its awkwardness and turning it into a fashion. As texting gained in popularity, more teens started managing and organizing their daily activities via SMS (Oksman & Turtiainen, 2004) and even establishing romantic relationships".<ref>[http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf Horst & Miller, 2006.]</ref> |
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===Adoption of Mobile Technology Lag in US=== | ===Adoption of Mobile Technology Lag in US=== | ||
| + | Cell phone technology was introduced in the early years following AT&T’s divestiture, so competing wireless companies developed incompatible standards that hindered interoperability, making roaming difficult".<ref>[http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf Gow & Smith, 2006]</ref> Since then, roaming has progressed to the point where streaming data to a handset is more universally available. But competing companies meant that standards were deliberately contradictory to each other Whether people were using [http://www.o2.co.uk/ Business Phones] or personal handsets, this was a significant hindrance. However, this has now been relaxed somewhat in recent years. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:04, 1 March 2011
"Although mobile phones gave teens the privacy that they desired, most also needed to learn budget management since mobile calls were expensive. As a means of reducing costs, teens turned to texting, overlooking its awkwardness and turning it into a fashion. As texting gained in popularity, more teens started managing and organizing their daily activities via SMS (Oksman & Turtiainen, 2004) and even establishing romantic relationships".[1]
Adoption of Mobile Technology Lag in US
Cell phone technology was introduced in the early years following AT&T’s divestiture, so competing wireless companies developed incompatible standards that hindered interoperability, making roaming difficult".[2] Since then, roaming has progressed to the point where streaming data to a handset is more universally available. But competing companies meant that standards were deliberately contradictory to each other Whether people were using Business Phones or personal handsets, this was a significant hindrance. However, this has now been relaxed somewhat in recent years.
