Internet is fun, but not on ‘fone’

it is marketed as a fun, in-thing, with which you listen to music, take photos, play games, send SMS, check mail, and trade missed calls with those you want to avoid talking. Writing on the death of the phone call , Clive Thompson reckons this generation ‘doesn’t make phone calls, because everyone is in constant, lightweight contact in so many other ways: texting, chatting, and social network messaging’. More....