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ONE GADGET FOR EVERYTHING
It often seems that everyone in Britain has a mobile phone. We use them
as alarm clocks, calculators, to help with exam revision, to pay city congestion
charges, to send photos of ourselves on holiday with our new 3G phone, and
even to talk with other people – all in one gadget.
Over the last few years mobiles have become
more and more advanced, with built-in cameras,
global positioning devices and internet access.
And in the next couple of years, we can expect to
see the arrival of the “third generation” of mobile
phones: powerful micro-computers with
broadband internet access, which will allow us to
watch TV, download internet files at high speed
and send instant video clips to friends.
We interviewed Colin a first year student at
Huddersfield about his mobile phone.
1
At the moment I am using my phone for everything. It acts like a USB so I
can put files on it like PowerPoints. I can download MP3s, video clips, Sky
headlines, business reports, the weather and even trailers for films. I can also find
the nearest café with its GPS (Global Positioning System) function or get road
directions. Or I can type in my postcode and get directions to someone else’s
house with their postcode. I get business news sent to my phone every morning
so I can go into my lecture and blag that I know what’s going on.
2
I can use it anywhere. The etiquette of using mobiles is changing. Originally
people turned away when speaking with someone. Now they'll just talk about
anything from work to romance and to when they'll be home -at the top of their
voices - without anyone minding. Or not minding much. Or - OK - being too polite
to say they can't stand the fact that person sitting next to them on the train is
talking about last night's party while they're trying to read the paper.
3
In Britain, the answer to that is simple. You don't use a mobile phone -
except with a fixed hands free set - while you're driving. A new law came into
force at the end of 2003. Anyone caught using a hand-held mobile while driving
risks a fixed penalty of £30 or a fine of up to £1,000 if convicted plus three points
on their licence.
4
Without my phone I wouldn’t be able to keep up with what’s happening as I
don’t have a TV (due to the licence cost). I also don’t know my way round
Huddersfield very well and I can use it to find the nearest cash point to me or find
the cinema is and what’s on.
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