Drawing on a wide range of national, regional, and international examples, this book provides the first comprehensive, accessible, and international introduction to cell phone culture and theory. Cell Phone Culture is a clear and sophisticated overview of mobile telecommunications, putting the technology in historical and technical context.

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. What Do You Mean 'Cell Phone Culture' ?! Part 1: Producing the Cell Phone Chapter 2. Making Voice Portable: The Early History of the Cell Phone Chapter 3.Cool Phone: Nokia, Networks, and Identity Part 2: Consuming the Cell Phone Chapter 4. Txt Msg: The Rise and Rise of Messaging Cultures Chapter 5. Cellular Disability: Consumption, Design, and Access Part 3: Representing and Regulating the Cell Phone Chapter 6. Mobile Panic: Health, Manners, and Our Youth Chapter 7. Intimate Connections: Sex, Celebrity, and the Cell Phone Part 4: Mobile Convergences Chapter 8. On Mobile Photography: Camera Phones, Moblogging, and New Visual Cultures Chapter 9. The Third Screen: Mobile Internet and Television Chapter 10. Next Gen Mobile: 3G, 4G, and the Return of Location Conclusion Chapter 11. Mobiles as Media Bibliography