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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 | + | 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). | ||
| + | Source: [http://www.businesscommunication.org/conventionsNew/proceedingsNew/2009New/portsmouthProceedings/PABC-2009-11-Kiddie.pdf] | ||
Revision as of 23:05, 24 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]
