Smart Phones
by Annie Jones
Smartphones are the key
to prosperity!
So says Jed Millivander,
politician. Because smartphone use requires an
understanding of digital function, a computer
savviness if you like, people and their tech-skills
are the 'hook' to the modern Western world's
progress. Mr Millivander recently went on a fact-finding
tour of London and European shopping centres
where he sought to find out people's knowledge
and progress as a result of technological
advances. Many vox-popped passers-by confirmed
their smartphone use as a means to sharing
shopping experiences with their friends and
twittering their friends about their moisturizing
schedule:
One person happily
volunteered their typical tweets: 'OMG! Am so
over Harvey Nicks SpringSouffle,
like I've totally switched from their Summer Skin
Range, to, like, H&M affordable PEAU
- PAMPER. But, it's like , you
kinda need to get French to comprehend their
Brand - Inspiration. It's lIke, not too random,
plus, I getFrench, cos, like, I studied it at 'O'
Level and like, I know it's summat to do with
skin, plus there's a picture of a girl touching
her skin?'
Another member of the
public, when asked, confirmed that, without their
smartphone, they would not know what the
celebrities are up to, at a finger- tip: 'I
know more about The Beckhams thanks
to my smartphone and even though it takes five
minutes of ads to access the item, that's of
interest to me, I don't mind.'
INTERVIEWER: It doesn't
bother you that you can't access information
without five minutes of advertising beforehand?
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC:
Well no, not really, 'cos it keeps me in touch.
INTERVIEWER: In touch
with what, exactly?
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC:
Well, with products and games and stuff.
INTERVIEWER: Do you
ever skip the ads?
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC:
Well, yeah, but then, I need summat to talk about
to me friends.
INTERVIEWER: What would
be a typical Saturday night conversation, between
you and yourmates, then, if I can ask?
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC:
Aaw, maybe summat lik: Ya see that ad for Armani
Uomo, that's class, that is, that Messi, he wears
that, he does.
INTERVIEWER: Does the
smartphone afford you access to more obscure
material?
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC:
What ya mean, like, borin' stuff?
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