Dear Advice: I Forgive You

摘要

In 1887, when the fictional Wall Street tyrant Gordon Gekko famously hoisted a shoebox-sized mobile phone to his ear, expectations surrounding the performance of portable phones were enormously forgiving. Who gave a whit whether calls might be dropped or whether the voice on the other end might sound at times like that of a confused alley cat braying incoherently? The film sequence in which actor Michael Douglas strolls at beachside while talking on a wireless phone instantly seared into the collective consumer consciousness, provoking a widely shared reaction among movie-goers: I want one.