Freewrite: On texting

I don’t think that the dominant texting function of cell “phones” is odd, it is merely now a new technology more widely adapted. In the beginning of the cellular phone’s existence, it really was a phone—now, it has taken on a multitude of features unique to mobile communication devices. It shouldn’t still be called a cell phone: the newest smart-“phones” that are emerging do more than just allow for telephone calls, and do those other functions more efficiently and reliably than its actual voice call features. The telephone line hasn’t changed from it’s original 56.6 kilobit per second initiation: even now, smart-“phones” take on different wireless antennas to communicate using the Internet at speeds faster than telephone lines... so why do we still have those antennas and networks?