The reading discusses how mobile technologies transform the concept of everyday time and space.
Firstly, mobile technologies promotes the idea of "anytime, anywhere" connection. It eliminates the limitations of geographical distance. The ever-growing society constantly needs new forms of communication, and mobile technologies provide it.
It also discusses how various type of age group use mobile phones. Teenagers also uses mobile phones for coordination purposes, just like adults. Sometimes just for a simple "where are you?" messages, whether they send it to their parents or their friends. However useful mobile technologies can be, some people also think mobile phones can cause inevitable interruptions. Marshall McLuhan even states "The telephone is an irresistible intruder in time and space".
I think the development of mobile technologies are extraordinary because the radical change to the "anytime, anywhere" concept grows extremely fast. One can only imagine how it may still develop rapidly in a way we can never imagine. Perhaps, one day we will develop a tool to communicate with aliens?
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