Cell phone is mom-avoidance device for teens

Iria · Jul 14, 2008, 09:47 PM

Tweens and teens are pushing parents to adopt text messaging so they don't have to talk "live" over the cell phone, according to mobile phone executives.
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Source: Digital Media

**kris23** · Jul 14, 2008, 10:13 PM

texting is easier, and its alot harder to get caught in class with it vs calling someone which is almost guaranteed failure in that situation

IvanV · Jul 15, 2008, 11:01 AM

As Kris said, it's often more practical, that is whenever one needs to pass or ask for a simple information, and isn't in a comfortable position to talk, or isn't sure if the other person is, which is the case most of the time: at work/school, in public transport, outdoors...

BlueMak · Jul 15, 2008, 12:15 PM

How is texting easier than talking?

**kris23** · Jul 15, 2008, 09:38 PM

its more low profile

Jul 14, 2008, 09:47 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Cell phone is mom-avoidance device for teens Tweens and teens are pushing parents to adopt text messaging so they don't have to talk "live" over the cell phone, according to mobile phone executives. ______________ Source: Digital Media

Jul 14, 2008, 10:13 PM	#2
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,312 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	texting is easier, and its alot harder to get caught in class with it vs calling someone which is almost guaranteed failure in that situation __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jul 15, 2008, 11:01 AM	#3
IvanV DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,143 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	As Kris said, it's often more practical, that is whenever one needs to pass or ask for a simple information, and isn't in a comfortable position to talk, or isn't sure if the other person is, which is the case most of the time: at work/school, in public transport, outdoors... __________________ Feed the porkers and don't touch the buttons!

Jul 15, 2008, 12:15 PM	#4
BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 8,240 Rep Power: 118 System Specs	How is texting easier than talking? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jul 15, 2008, 09:38 PM	#5
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,312 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	its more low profile __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

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