That may not sound like much but it means that many web pages have to be re-designed and the code that produces them re-written. Mobile, cell and pocket phones have smaller screen and smaller keyboards. The signals that work with them may be sluggish or riddled with noise and static. The signals may be weak and slow.
Young people are notorious these days for keeping their eyes fixed on the screen of their phones, even at the risk of their lives and safety. Increasingly, I see those older than 50 doing the same thing. In "Downton Abbey", it was a big event for everyone in the house, family and staff, to have a phone installed. The head butler was not sure he could operate the instrument, located in a single spot in the house. No one thought of a wireless phone that could be carried around, much less a phone that fits in a pocket.
Many people have found the only calls that come in on their landline are advertisements or solicitations they don't want. They tend to get rid of the fixed phone line and use their cellphone for all voice communication. But that means that when I call someone, he might be in the midst of a medical examination or getting dental work. It is easy to say a call at that time should be ignored but the ringing and the imagination can combine to interfere with the situation. Sometimes, it seems easier to pull out the phone and speak to the caller. I heard of a young man who took a call in the middle of his own wedding ceremony
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