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Cell phones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: May 13, 2010
[1] For many Americans, cell phones have become irreplaceable tools to manage their lives and
stay connected to the outside world, their families and networks of friends online. But
increasingly, by several measures, that does not mean talking on them very much.
For example, although almost 90 percent of households in the United States now have a cell
[5] phone, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has stagnated, according to government
and industry data. This is true even though more households each year are disconnecting their
landlines in favor of cell phones.
Instead of talking on their cell phones, people are making use of all the extras that iPhones,
BlackBerrys and other smartphones were also designed to do — browse the Web, listen to
[10] music, watch television, play games and send e-mail and text messages.
The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year,
according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association. And for the first time in the United
States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services
on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cell phone calls, industry
[15] executives and analysts say.
“Originally, talking was the only cell phone application,” said Dan Hesse, chief executive of a
large American telecommunications company. “But now it’s less than half of the traffic on
mobile networks.”
Of course, talking on the cell phone isn’t disappearing entirely. But figures from the CTIA show
[20] that over the last two years, the average number of voice minutes per user in the United States
has fallen. When people do talk on their phones, their conversations are shorter and the unused
voice minutes mount up.
“I have thousands of rollover minutes,” said Zach Frechette, 28, editor of Good magazine in Los
Angeles, who explained that he dialed only when he needed to get in touch with someone
[25] instantly, and limited those calls to 30 seconds.
Mr. Frechette said part of the reason he rarely talked on his phone was that he had an iPhone.
But also, he said, most of his day was spent swapping short messages through services like
Gmail, Facebook and Twitter. That way, he said, “you can respond when it’s convenient, rather
than impose your schedule on someone else.”
[30] Others say talking on the phone is intrusive and time-consuming, while others seem to have no
patience for talking to just one person at a time.
“Even though in theory, it might take longer to send a text than pick up the phone, it seems less
disruptive than a call,” said Jefferson Adams, a 44-year-old freelance writer living in San
Francisco. By texting, he said, “you can multitask between two or three conversations at once.”
[35] American teenagers have been ahead 35 of the curve for a while, turning their cell phones into
texting machines; more than half of them send about 1,500 text messages each month,
according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.
Mrs. Colburn, from Massachusetts, said she caved to the pleading of her 12-year-old daughter
Abigail for a cell phone to send text messages with her friends after she and her husband
[40] discovered it was hindering her from developing bonds with her classmates. “We realized she
was being excluded from party invitations and being in the know with her peers,” she said.
Mrs. Colburn said texting had also become a much easier way to stay in touch with her daughter
and receive quick updates about after-school plans. “The other night she texted me from upstairs
to ask a vocabulary question,” she said with a laugh. “But I drew the line there. I went upstairs
[45] to answer it.”
Adapted from HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2010/05/14/TECHNOLOGY/PERSONALTECH/14TALK.HTML?REF=TECHNOLOGY ACCESS ON MAY 15TH , 2010
The main purpose of the text is to
La increíble historia de la familia que vive en un centro comercial
BUENOS AIRES 11/05/2010 La Nación.
La noticia de un matrimonio y su hija que viven en un centro comercial de la zona de Palermo causó
conmoción en la opinión pública y despertó el interés por conocer a fondo la historia de sus integrantes.
Fuentes del centro comercial Alto Palermo contaron que se trata de un caso inusual de una familia de
clase media, afectada por motivos desconocidos, que utiliza como base el shopping para comer,
descansar, bañarse y realizar sus trámites.
"Tienen su propia rutina. Entran a las 10 y están largas horas, no todo el día ni todos los días y cuentan
con la colaboración de los distintos locales que los ayudan con bebidas y comidas", describieron a este
medio.
Según indicaron las fuentes, la pareja viste siempre "impecable" y respeta los usos y las costumbres del
lugar, sin causar ningún tipo de disturbio.
Al parecer, el jefe de familia es un ex empleado de una empresa constructora que sufrió algún problema.
"No están en situación de calle ni son indigentes. Se trata de gente de clase media que cobra una
jubilación", indicaron.
En Facebook. La historia llegó hasta la red social Facebook, donde exhibieron imágenes de la pareja
durmiendo en mesas del patio de comidas del centro comercial.
En uno de los comentarios, uno de ellos describió: "Antes estaban en las sillas que dan a Freddo,
buenísimo cuando al mediodía ponían todas las bolsas y colgaban la ropa en la baranda".
Otro aseguró que se trata de personas que ve todos los días por la zona. "Ahora viven en el Mc, antes
estaban en el patio de comidas, siempre en la mesa que está al lado del kiosco que estaba en frente al
stand de pastas. El otro día fui después de mucho y vi que se habían mudado".
Pero en el grupo tampoco faltan mensajes que rechazan las burlas de algunos e intentan brindarles algún
tipo de asistencia y contención. Así se pueden leer frases como "No creo que sea gracioso esto ... más
bien deberíamos analizar y utilizar este medio para ayudarlos" o del estilo "Se nota que nunca les faltó un
plato en la mesa. Dios quiera que nunca les pase".
La noticia conmovió a la sociedad porque:
La increíble historia de la familia que vive en un centro comercial
BUENOS AIRES 11/05/2010 La Nación.
La noticia de un matrimonio y su hija que viven en un centro comercial de la zona de Palermo causó
conmoción en la opinión pública y despertó el interés por conocer a fondo la historia de sus integrantes.
Fuentes del centro comercial Alto Palermo contaron que se trata de un caso inusual de una familia de
clase media, afectada por motivos desconocidos, que utiliza como base el shopping para comer,
descansar, bañarse y realizar sus trámites.
"Tienen su propia rutina. Entran a las 10 y están largas horas, no todo el día ni todos los días y cuentan
con la colaboración de los distintos locales que los ayudan con bebidas y comidas", describieron a este
medio.
Según indicaron las fuentes, la pareja viste siempre "impecable" y respeta los usos y las costumbres del
lugar, sin causar ningún tipo de disturbio.
Al parecer, el jefe de familia es un ex empleado de una empresa constructora que sufrió algún problema.
"No están en situación de calle ni son indigentes. Se trata de gente de clase media que cobra una
jubilación", indicaron.
En Facebook. La historia llegó hasta la red social Facebook, donde exhibieron imágenes de la pareja
durmiendo en mesas del patio de comidas del centro comercial.
En uno de los comentarios, uno de ellos describió: "Antes estaban en las sillas que dan a Freddo,
buenísimo cuando al mediodía ponían todas las bolsas y colgaban la ropa en la baranda".
Otro aseguró que se trata de personas que ve todos los días por la zona. "Ahora viven en el Mc, antes
estaban en el patio de comidas, siempre en la mesa que está al lado del kiosco que estaba en frente al
stand de pastas. El otro día fui después de mucho y vi que se habían mudado".
Pero en el grupo tampoco faltan mensajes que rechazan las burlas de algunos e intentan brindarles algún
tipo de asistencia y contención. Así se pueden leer frases como "No creo que sea gracioso esto ... más
bien deberíamos analizar y utilizar este medio para ayudarlos" o del estilo "Se nota que nunca les faltó un
plato en la mesa. Dios quiera que nunca les pase".
El objetivo principal de la noticia es:
Cell phones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: May 13, 2010
[1] For many Americans, cell phones have become irreplaceable tools to manage their lives and
stay connected to the outside world, their families and networks of friends online. But
increasingly, by several measures, that does not mean talking on them very much.
For example, although almost 90 percent of households in the United States now have a cell
[5] phone, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has stagnated, according to government
and industry data. This is true even though more households each year are disconnecting their
landlines in favor of cell phones.
Instead of talking on their cell phones, people are making use of all the extras that iPhones,
BlackBerrys and other smartphones were also designed to do — browse the Web, listen to
[10] music, watch television, play games and send e-mail and text messages.
The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year,
according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association. And for the first time in the United
States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services
on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cell phone calls, industry
[15] executives and analysts say.
“Originally, talking was the only cell phone application,” said Dan Hesse, chief executive of a
large American telecommunications company. “But now it’s less than half of the traffic on
mobile networks.”
Of course, talking on the cell phone isn’t disappearing entirely. But figures from the CTIA show
[20] that over the last two years, the average number of voice minutes per user in the United States
has fallen. When people do talk on their phones, their conversations are shorter and the unused
voice minutes mount up.
“I have thousands of rollover minutes,” said Zach Frechette, 28, editor of Good magazine in Los
Angeles, who explained that he dialed only when he needed to get in touch with someone
[25] instantly, and limited those calls to 30 seconds.
Mr. Frechette said part of the reason he rarely talked on his phone was that he had an iPhone.
But also, he said, most of his day was spent swapping short messages through services like
Gmail, Facebook and Twitter. That way, he said, “you can respond when it’s convenient, rather
than impose your schedule on someone else.”
[30] Others say talking on the phone is intrusive and time-consuming, while others seem to have no
patience for talking to just one person at a time.
“Even though in theory, it might take longer to send a text than pick up the phone, it seems less
disruptive than a call,” said Jefferson Adams, a 44-year-old freelance writer living in San
Francisco. By texting, he said, “you can multitask between two or three conversations at once.”
[35] American teenagers have been ahead 35 of the curve for a while, turning their cell phones into
texting machines; more than half of them send about 1,500 text messages each month,
according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.
Mrs. Colburn, from Massachusetts, said she caved to the pleading of her 12-year-old daughter
Abigail for a cell phone to send text messages with her friends after she and her husband
[40] discovered it was hindering her from developing bonds with her classmates. “We realized she
was being excluded from party invitations and being in the know with her peers,” she said.
Mrs. Colburn said texting had also become a much easier way to stay in touch with her daughter
and receive quick updates about after-school plans. “The other night she texted me from upstairs
to ask a vocabulary question,” she said with a laugh. “But I drew the line there. I went upstairs
[45] to answer it.”
Adapted from HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2010/05/14/TECHNOLOGY/PERSONALTECH/14TALK.HTML?REF=TECHNOLOGY ACCESS ON MAY 15TH , 2010
‘Almost 90 percent’ (line 4) refers to the percentage of American families that
La increíble historia de la familia que vive en un centro comercial
BUENOS AIRES 11/05/2010 La Nación.
La noticia de un matrimonio y su hija que viven en un centro comercial de la zona de Palermo causó
conmoción en la opinión pública y despertó el interés por conocer a fondo la historia de sus integrantes.
Fuentes del centro comercial Alto Palermo contaron que se trata de un caso inusual de una familia de
clase media, afectada por motivos desconocidos, que utiliza como base el shopping para comer,
descansar, bañarse y realizar sus trámites.
"Tienen su propia rutina. Entran a las 10 y están largas horas, no todo el día ni todos los días y cuentan
con la colaboración de los distintos locales que los ayudan con bebidas y comidas", describieron a este
medio.
Según indicaron las fuentes, la pareja viste siempre "impecable" y respeta los usos y las costumbres del
lugar, sin causar ningún tipo de disturbio.
Al parecer, el jefe de familia es un ex empleado de una empresa constructora que sufrió algún problema.
"No están en situación de calle ni son indigentes. Se trata de gente de clase media que cobra una
jubilación", indicaron.
En Facebook. La historia llegó hasta la red social Facebook, donde exhibieron imágenes de la pareja
durmiendo en mesas del patio de comidas del centro comercial.
En uno de los comentarios, uno de ellos describió: "Antes estaban en las sillas que dan a Freddo,
buenísimo cuando al mediodía ponían todas las bolsas y colgaban la ropa en la baranda".
Otro aseguró que se trata de personas que ve todos los días por la zona. "Ahora viven en el Mc, antes
estaban en el patio de comidas, siempre en la mesa que está al lado del kiosco que estaba en frente al
stand de pastas. El otro día fui después de mucho y vi que se habían mudado".
Pero en el grupo tampoco faltan mensajes que rechazan las burlas de algunos e intentan brindarles algún
tipo de asistencia y contención. Así se pueden leer frases como "No creo que sea gracioso esto ... más
bien deberíamos analizar y utilizar este medio para ayudarlos" o del estilo "Se nota que nunca les faltó un
plato en la mesa. Dios quiera que nunca les pase".
La conjunción adversativa más bien, usada en "No creo que sea gracioso esto ... más bien deberíamos analizar y utilizar este medio para ayudarlos", puede reemplazarse por otra conjunción sin perder su sentido. Señala cuál sería la mejor opción:
Cell phones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: May 13, 2010
[1] For many Americans, cell phones have become irreplaceable tools to manage their lives and
stay connected to the outside world, their families and networks of friends online. But
increasingly, by several measures, that does not mean talking on them very much.
For example, although almost 90 percent of households in the United States now have a cell
[5] phone, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has stagnated, according to government
and industry data. This is true even though more households each year are disconnecting their
landlines in favor of cell phones.
Instead of talking on their cell phones, people are making use of all the extras that iPhones,
BlackBerrys and other smartphones were also designed to do — browse the Web, listen to
[10] music, watch television, play games and send e-mail and text messages.
The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year,
according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association. And for the first time in the United
States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services
on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cell phone calls, industry
[15] executives and analysts say.
“Originally, talking was the only cell phone application,” said Dan Hesse, chief executive of a
large American telecommunications company. “But now it’s less than half of the traffic on
mobile networks.”
Of course, talking on the cell phone isn’t disappearing entirely. But figures from the CTIA show
[20] that over the last two years, the average number of voice minutes per user in the United States
has fallen. When people do talk on their phones, their conversations are shorter and the unused
voice minutes mount up.
“I have thousands of rollover minutes,” said Zach Frechette, 28, editor of Good magazine in Los
Angeles, who explained that he dialed only when he needed to get in touch with someone
[25] instantly, and limited those calls to 30 seconds.
Mr. Frechette said part of the reason he rarely talked on his phone was that he had an iPhone.
But also, he said, most of his day was spent swapping short messages through services like
Gmail, Facebook and Twitter. That way, he said, “you can respond when it’s convenient, rather
than impose your schedule on someone else.”
[30] Others say talking on the phone is intrusive and time-consuming, while others seem to have no
patience for talking to just one person at a time.
“Even though in theory, it might take longer to send a text than pick up the phone, it seems less
disruptive than a call,” said Jefferson Adams, a 44-year-old freelance writer living in San
Francisco. By texting, he said, “you can multitask between two or three conversations at once.”
[35] American teenagers have been ahead 35 of the curve for a while, turning their cell phones into
texting machines; more than half of them send about 1,500 text messages each month,
according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.
Mrs. Colburn, from Massachusetts, said she caved to the pleading of her 12-year-old daughter
Abigail for a cell phone to send text messages with her friends after she and her husband
[40] discovered it was hindering her from developing bonds with her classmates. “We realized she
was being excluded from party invitations and being in the know with her peers,” she said.
Mrs. Colburn said texting had also become a much easier way to stay in touch with her daughter
and receive quick updates about after-school plans. “The other night she texted me from upstairs
to ask a vocabulary question,” she said with a laugh. “But I drew the line there. I went upstairs
[45] to answer it.”
Adapted from HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2010/05/14/TECHNOLOGY/PERSONALTECH/14TALK.HTML?REF=TECHNOLOGY ACCESS ON MAY 15TH , 2010
The fragment “But now it’s less than half of the traffic on mobile networks.” (lines 17-18) means that the number of Americans using cell phones to talk has been