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Article: Making a statement with mobile phones
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- November 18, 2004
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Izwan Ismail
New Straits Times
11-18-2004
Making a statement with mobile phones
Byline: Izwan Ismail
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Cover Story
IN the early days of the mobile phone, people could still live without it. One reason is that not many people then could afford it because it was still considered a luxury item. Today, almost everybody, including schoolchildren, carries a mobile phone.
In fact, mobile phone users in Malaysia have reached the five million mark, surpassing fixed-line users at 4.6 million.
Mobile phones have not just become a must-have item due to their affordable price, but also due to their extensive features such as short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging ...