The Gadget Show #049 (MP3 – 15.0MB – 43min 20sec)
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As many listeners will know, I'm a huge fan of understanding the way that technology is changing people and our culture. So I felt lucky that I was offered the opportunity to chat with someone who spent weeks
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researching how 3G technology was effecting different people and cultures around the world.
Stephen Armstong, a journalist in England, helped produce a publication from Motorola. Called "Generation HERE" it "is the first publication to investigate the impact of 3G on peoples’ everyday lives to reveal a whole new world of social and cultural interaction." You can find it at Motorola Generation HERE [2].
I spent just over half an hour with Stephen discussing some of the amazing findings, such as the practice of gift-giving a cell phone to women in Dubai as a tactic in picking them up, and reverse call-waiting where people face-to-face are "put on hold" while an incoming call is taken. There are literally dozens of other examples like this in the report, and Stephen and I discuss some fun and amazing facts.
If you're half interested in the ways we are changing due to technology, you'll enjoy the discussion I have with Stephen.
Also grab the TPN Flyer [3], make sure you get a photo from an unusual location to win a prize, and please head to Podcast Alley [4] to vote.
[1] http://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.comhttp://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_gadget_20060406_049.mp3
[2] http://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.comhttp://www.whatisrazrspeed.com
[3] http://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.comhttp://reilly.typepad.com/cameronreilly/2006/02/crazy_tpn_flyer.html
[4] http://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.comhttp://podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=1374
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