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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 (Horst & Miller, 2006)".  
 
"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 (Horst & Miller, 2006)".  
  
Source: [http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf The Future of Texting in Business Communication] by Thomas J. Kiddie, West Virginia State University
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Source: [http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf]
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===Adoption of Mobile Technology Lag in US===
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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 (Gow & Smith, 2006).
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Source: [http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf]

Revision as of 03:05, 25 May 2010

"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 (Horst & Miller, 2006)".

Source: [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 (Gow & Smith, 2006). Source: [2]