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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Phones essential for a life of grime

Fancy being the next Dizzee Rascal? Then you should get yourself a good phone, according to this article in Wired News:



If MCs or rappers want to try out their "bars," or rhymes, they can "flow" over beats played over the speaker phone.

Instrumental music is downloaded from sites like Rewind and transferred to the phone via Bluetooth or infrared. Friends hang out outside, "spitting in groups around the streets," said music producer Joelle Reefer.



OK, so the piece is a bit wide-eyed and sounds like promotional puff from a mobile company trying to connect with the "yoof" market... but it does show how a technology gets grasped by people and used in surprising ways.

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