Although the Internet takes us everywhere in cyberspace,
it usually requires us to be seated behind a desk. In
contrast, the cellphone lets us walk through the world,
fully connected. Cellphone explores the history of
mobility in media--from books to cameras to transistor
radios to laptops--and examines the unique impact of a
device that sits in a pocket or palm, and lets us converse
by voice or text. The restricting and liberating edge of
accessibility transforms restaurants, public transport,
automobiles, romance, literacy, parent-child
relationships, war, and indeed all walks of life, trivial
and profound. Like an organic cell that moves, evolves,
combines with other cells, and generates, the cellphone
has become a complex sparkplug of human life.
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