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A constantly connected lifestyle: Are we too dependent on technology?

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By Chona Camomot
Dec. 16, 2007

Society has been shaped through cell phones and access to the Internet. Some of us may not be able to remember a time when we didn't have an email address. And some of us might feel completely paralyzed after we realize we left our cell phone at home.

A recent report from the Internet World Statistics says over 218 million people in North American have cell phones and more than 1.8 billion people have cell phones.

Professor Sergio Chaparro says he believes mobile communication systems will become our "everything" in 10 years, and, eventually, these mini-computers will one day be inserted in our bodies so we can take them everywhere..

Inbox correspondent Chona Camomot reports on why easy communication tools might lead to a dependency issue.

Click here for more information about the Digital Natives Research project.

For more Internet world statistics, click here.