Making The Case For Smaller Cellphones

Sometimes lugging around a large cellphone is just a pain the butt. Therefore, there has always been demand for smaller and smaller device, however, when the device shrinks, the UI suffers. Well, I don’t think UI was the critical feature for these imprisoned gang members in Salvadorean prison, who were running their crime syndicate over cellphones smuggled into the prison. The phones were kept hidden…um..in certain places…ah..where sun does not shine (think Christopher Walken in the film Pulp Fiction). One guy even had a charger in there. I think this is funny, but for some reason I’m not laughing. No story has ever fit the “(Mis)Uses of Technology” category better.


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