Constant Touch A Global History of the Mobile

From nowhere, it is the land of the Finns, not the land of the free, that is setting the technological pace. The device that keeps us in constant touch has shifted how we live, work and play. Constant Touch tells the historical story of the mobile phone, what happened and why. The next generation of mobile phones is one of the greatest gambles in history, with the existence of major companies riding on the outcome. But are historical lessons being learnt?

Jon Agar directed the National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester, and lectured at the Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Acknowledgements
World in Bits	p. 1
What's in a Phone?	p. 3
Save the Ether	p. 16
Different Countries, Different Paths to Mobility	p. 29
Born in the USA	p. 31
The Nordic Way	p. 44
Europe Before GSM: La Donna e Mobile, Die Manner Nicht!	p. 52
GSM: European Union	p. 56
Digital America Divided	p. 67
Mob Rule: Competition and Class in the UK	p. 70
Decommunisation = Capitalist Power + Cellularisation	p. 90
Japanese Garden	p. 94
Mobile Cultures	p. 103
Txt Msgs + TxtPower	p. 105
Two Organisations in the Congo	p. 111
The Nokia Way - to the Finland Base Station!	p. 113
Mobile Phones as a Threat to Health	p. 122
Cars, Phones and Crime	p. 129
Phones on Film	p. 143
Reassembling the Mobile as a Global System	p. 151
The Globe is Made by Standards	p. 153
Perpetuum Mobile?	p. 161
Txt Msgs: A Transcript	p. 169
Bibliography	p. 170
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