I remember these. I even made some of these communication devices when I was a child. I wonder if children these days even know what they are. Most likely not. I see small children on cell phones and I wonder with what and how their children will communicate in a few decades. The estimates are about only one-fifth of American households have land-line phones and most belong to the aging segment of the population.
The times they are a changing.
I do still have a landline phone but mostly because it is cheaper for my mother and husband who call me every day.
ReplyDeleteI have recentely discovered WhatsAapp. This way I can have a conversation with both my girls at the same time
They really push them with the cable companies. And AT+T wants to basically get out the business so they don't have to take care of all the lines connecting households that don't use them .
DeleteI was just wishing I could text anywhere in the world with no added charges. Seems like if we can Skype anywhere we should be able to text. I must get my herd of pet CEO's together and put in a request.
ReplyDeleteI resisted texting for as long as possible, thinking it is so impersonal and it is, and I guess that is why so many mostly use their phones for texting. Another hundred generations and we won't have vocal chords.
DeleteFunniest thing with a phone I ever saw was a tween trying to figure out how to use a rotary phone. :)
ReplyDeleteI hardly ever see them in homes any more.
DeleteI wish the unlimited free texts I get every month (I use about five) could be converted to a sensible amount of internet time.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt gave me a nudge to start using Instagram so we can communicate as she travels northern Europe. I'm glad she did.
I have not gone the Instagram way. Maybe soon.
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