This is an exercise from my English Student's book.

I've decided to do all my writing exercises here.

Importance of mobile phones for young people:

I am surprised by the dependence of young people on mobile phones.

I can see it very clearly in my fifteen-year-old cousin.

She is always on her mobile phone (or "cell" for short), listening to music, taking photos, texting (?) messages and …do you have any word for when you call someone but you hang up before they can answer?

In Spain it is called “toque” (touch?) or “perdida/llamada perdida” (lost call?). I think "llamada perdida" would translate to "missed call" in English.

Of course, she hasn’t gotten good marks in her classes, because she is more worried about having a beautiful mobile phonewith the latest music, knowing what her friend is doing at the moment, and how she looks like when she takes a photo with her mobile camera in front of the mirror to upload it to a social network.

And, when I ask her why she does that such things, she always answers me: Because everybody does it!

I remember when I hadn’t gotten a mobile yetand my friends and I went to each other's houses (to talk to one another, to see each other, etc...).

Those were true relationships!

How do you think mobile phones will change in the next 5 years?

However, with new mobiles there is a trend toward making them with a big touch screen and with a powerful OS that permits you install a lot of applications.

Because of this tendency, I think in the next (few) years we’ll have a mix between computers and mobile phones.

It could be funny, but I’m not very interested in the new mobile phones technologies, and I am a telecommunications engineer.

However, I always prefer a smaller one with few gadgets because I only use it for making a few calls or to send some messages.

This is an exercise from/out of my English Student's book.

I've decided to write all of my exercises here./share my writing exercises here.

Importance of mobile phones for young people:

I am surprised by the dependence of young people on mobile phones.

I can see it very clearly with my fifteen-year-old cousin.

She is always on her mobile, listening to music, taking photos/pictures, typing messages and …do you have any word for when you call someone, but you hang up before he/she can answer? (Hm, I think it depends on the context. If you do it as a joke, you could call it "crank calling," although that usually refers to when you call someone and pretend to be someone else--radio presenters often do this. If she calls a guy but hangs up on him because she's intoxicated, we in the States (informally) call that "drunk dialing." :)

In Spain, it is called a “toque” (touch?) or “perdida/llamada perdida” (lost call?). (Oh, I see what you mean. Yes, in English it would be a "lost call." But usually lost calls happen by accident--the term doesn't imply that you call someone and deliberately hang up on him/her.)

Of course/Unfortunately/However, she doesn't get good grades in her classes because she is more worried about having a beautiful/up-to-date/snazzy/chic mobile with the latest music, knowing what her friend is doing at the moment, and seeing how she looks like when she takes a picture (with her mobile camera) in front of the mirror to upload it to a social network.

And, when I ask her why she does that such things, she always answers me with: "Because everybody does it!" (Also possible: "she always responds: "Because..." or "she always answers: "Because...")

I remember the time when I didn't have a mobile: and my friends and I went to each other's house (to see each other)!

Those were true relationships!