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European vs. American mobile usage
Michael Mace has written an extensive post talking about the differences in wireless culture between Americans and Europeans.
The blipvert* version: "In the US, a cellphone is a tool. In Europe, a mobile phone is a lifestyle."
I will let you proceed to reading Michael words rather than rehashing them here, but one insight I liked was: "People in the US can be just as enthusiastic about mobilizing technology, but they often think in terms of shrinking and mobilizing the PC and Internet, rather than growing the cellphone."
*Term loosely borrowed from 80's futuristic movie: Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future to refer to a highly compressed, neural blitz of information.
