Technology as a "language"

I agree with the readings from our text and the perspectives that the students state.  In chapter 7, someone made the comment about how they would be lost without their computer or cell phone.  I would too!  I am constantly on my computer and cell phone.  We use technology, especially computers and cell phones, for so many things.  It is a little sad I think how dependent our society has become on the use of technology, especially cell phones.  A cell phone just isn't a phone anymore.  There are so many more things that we can do on them now; they are like mini computers.  My grandparents got a computer a few years ago and I can remember myself trying to convince them to get one and all they kept saying is "what do i need a computer for?"  They went without one for 70 something years, but now that they have one they use it everyday and I think they would be bored without one.  They don't know how to use it to it's fullest potential, but they know how to do the basics like check e-mail and play games.  Technology does have it's own language.  Especially in IM; people use abbreviations for words all the time.  It is essentially its own language.