Since i was nine years old, I've been a regular user of new communication technologies. When i was nine, i got my first mobile phone. It was a odd shaped Motorola with a black and white screen. My parents bought me the phone under the condition that it was only to be used for emergencies. My "emergencies" consisted of texting my friends, making prank calls and buying polyphonic ringtones.
Since then, i have owned multiple phones, laptops and ipods, etc. I slowly upgraded my devices every time something new was released. With more features on my new communication technologies, i found myself using them increasingly more. I currently own a blackberry, and although it's embarrassing to admit, i genuinely could not go a day without it... Well, i couldn't enjoy or feel complete for a day without it.
On my blackberry i use twitter, facebook, tumblr, youtube, gps and texting/calling. I am always having a conversation with somebody, and i even find myself taking notes on it during lectures because I'm faster at typing on my phone then i am at writing. That is a good indication as to how overused my blackberry is.
Although my addiction has it's flaws, it has also helped me keep in contact with friends in other states and countries as well as making it easier to keep my personal tumbr blog active when I'm at festivals, holidays, etc as i have unlimited wireless internet access.
New Communication Technology is particularly popular amongst generation Y. Most of our personal uses for it are trivial and in extension can become quite pointless. Click here for a CRUDE humorous youtube clip demonstrating the pointless and trivial things young people use the internet for. But as i said, the clip is quite crude and i don't recommend watching it if you have a stale sense of humor.
In conclusion, new communication technology addiction is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me!
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