They're probably texting each other.
Twelve months ago I used to mock people who watched television shows, listened to music and played games on their telephones. “We never knew how bored we were,” is what I would say.
After six months with my BlackBerry Curve, I realize I must have been really bored.
I know I strike you as technologically savvy (tongue planted in cheek) but I’m really a late-adopter. I was considering a BlackBerry for work but my wife surprised me with one for Christmas. And I do so much with it. We all do.
Nearly 90 percent of all U.S. workers have a cell phone (19 percent a BlackBerry). And 59 percent of BlackBerry or cell phone users use text messaging. It is projected that there will be 4.5 billion cell phone users worldwide by 2013. The iPhone has brought the word “app” into our vocabulary. (Sorry, I never used it until recently.)
Make all the arguments you want about how this has led us to become a disconnected society. No one talks anymore. They send text messages instead.
Poppycock. What this mobile explosion has done is created new ways for us to engage and interact. It has opened up new platforms for discussion, marketing and communication. You could go so far as to call it an evolution in our communication development.
Maybe I was never bored before my new BlackBerry, but having it now has provided so many more options and opportunities for being plugged in, and I intend to embrace as many opportunities as possible.
