On Jan 6, 2010, at 2:31 AM, Constance Warner wrote:
In this case, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that fancy cellphones have replaced computers as all-purpose communications devices. Cellphones are too small to display most of what's on the Web. For a lot of people, cellphones are too small, period; they can't be read without eyestrain. They're VERY expensive--you pay a lot for the phones per se, the monthly payments, and the two-year contracts that are usually required. They can't be used with all carriers or in some parts of the country (see the cellphone maps if you doubt this).
Our reality is often shaped by advertising and we don't realize that what most people do is not advertised (because it does not have to be). Most people use paygo, not the advertised contracts. Most people have simple cellphones. Many iPhones are obtained on a family plan that works out to have a very competitive. It takes some work to figure out, but a little digging almost always produces a better solution.
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