On 4/15/2014 5:25 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> That's an easy one. They need small handheld devices so they can
>> constantly send and receive text messages.
>
> No. I do that on my smart phone. (It is my daughter's preferred mode
> of communication.)

Handheld and mobile devices include smartphones. I don't like the word
"smartphones" but I suppose it's a good a word as any for these handheld
devices. I'll text one or two or zero times a day but my daughter
probably does a hundred or so a day. It's a surprising turn of events in
the history of human communications.