When the economy is poor, they are still out there pounding the pavement, making calls.
Making calls and sending texts are just a small part of the growing digital mix.
Actually, making calls over the internet is proving more popular than even geeks once predicted.
ECONOMIST: An embarrassing share-offering in a promising market
We see people making calls, taking pictures, looking up Wikipedia articles, reading directions and more.
FORBES: The Potentially World-Changing New Feature in Google's Project Glass
Users simply insert a SIM card with credit to begin making calls at local rates.
If we are too stressed, the electronic ears stop the phone either taking or making calls.
Is he making calls or doing anything to try to change that and fight for that provision?
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Paris time, noon in New York, Grasso found he was making calls to Johnston every 15 minutes.
We have sales people making calls, because that's how you're going to go get big national retailers.
And they request that those who do manage to find mobile service refrain from making calls in shared common areas.
The third quarter seemed to last forever, mostly because the refs took their sweet time making calls.
Then, without informing anyone, Stelios put Stelmar up for sale, making calls and soliciting bids via his BlackBerry.
We use our phones of course for making calls and checking our emails.
The maximum cost in euros would be 49 euro cents for making calls, and 24 euro cents for receiving them.
"It follows, of course, if you are making calls you have still got to physically put in calls, " said Mr Osbourne.
The operating system, not yet fully detailed, looks to have some really nice features above and beyond emailing or making calls.
One backer took the day off of work to spend her hours making calls to friends and urging them to donate.
SMS.ac, a mobile portal, found that 64% of young people favoured in-flight texting, and only 11% liked the idea of making calls.
ECONOMIST: The use of mobile phones on planes moves another step closer
Operators can now charge a maximum of around 34 pence a minute for making calls, and 17 pence to receive a call.
Phones that were pre-iPhone were made for texting, making calls and, if you really had to, browsing the Internet and sending emails.
FORBES: The Apple iPhone at Age 6: My, How Things Have Changed
If yes, start making calls to teenagers now, because they get busy.
FORBES: Plan Your Holidays Now, Maximize Joy, Minimize Stress
The idea behind that deal: that your phone isn't just about making calls, it's about being entertained, which includes having highend audio experiences.
Some iPhone users have seen intermittent problems with making calls or sending texts, apparently caused by their phones continually "talking" to the network.
Then you can toggle through most of this stuff using controls on the steering wheel, raising volume, making calls, that kind of thing.
FORBES: GM's CUE: The Slickest Thing At The Detroit Auto Show (So Far)
And when I got tired, I would think of all the folks out there making calls, knocking on doors in all kinds of weather.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at DNC event in Washington, DC
Of course, making calls online isn't limited to Skype or PCs.
We have thousands of offices all over the country -- thousands of them -- millions of volunteers working hard, team leaders making calls every single day.
Hands-free kits - an earpiece and clip-on microphone - have been marketed as an alternative to holding the mobile close to the ear while making calls.
Most of the time, machine data is an indication of business activity, either customers travelling through a web site, making calls, texting each other, or buying stuff.
FORBES: Splunk's Godfrey Sullivan on Overcoming Barriers to Operational Intelligence
Customers in the region are experiencing disruptions to their landline and wireless services, with many saying they have trouble making calls and sending and receiving text messages.
应用推荐