the love affair with mobile phones is worldwide. the germans call
"handy"; the singaporeans refer to them (1) "prawns" because
a popular model looks ( a prawn when opened; the finns have
7) them "kannykka" or "kanny", meaning an extension of the hand:
everywhere they are establishing ( as one of the world's most
successful consumer products. mobiles have two qualities (5)
make them much more powerful (6) their fixed-line brothers: they
travel around with you and they know ( you are. this means you
can keep in (8) with people - and increasingly with information -
wherever you (9) to be. the most obvious reason (10) mobile
phones are so popular is that the quality is going up (11) the same
time as prices are coming down.
