Does cell phone's impact outweigh PC's?

IBM software developer and blogger Sam Ruby says the cell phone takes the prize for most influential technology in past 25 years. News.com reports.

"It's killing the landline; it's killing watches; it's changing the camera business; it's changing the TV industry, the music industry," Ruby said Monday.

It's destroying the pay-phone industry. It's hurting the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on universities," he said during a talk titled "Teenagers on the Go." To highlight the future stability of the device, he added, "Teenagers love the cell phone."

... Ruby believes that based on usage by younger generations, instant messaging will usurp the Web and the phone as the dominant mode of communication."

emily | 7:56 AM | News, Buzz |
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