The phone is an extended piece of desktop real estate that is often better suited than the computer to simplify and automate communication tasks.

电话成为桌面计算机的一个扩展，它比计算机更适合来简化通讯任务并使之自动化。

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By examining historical price data as mobile-phone coverage was extended down the coast between 1997 and 2001, Mr Jensen was able to show that access to mobile phones made markets much more efficient.

通过考察1997至2001年间，当移动电话的覆盖范围逐渐扩展到这个海岸时的历史价格，詹森先生能够表明手机的到来使市场更有效率。

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Phone neck refers to neck pain caused by holding a telephone between one's shoulder and ear for extended periods. It is one of the modern white-collar ailments.

电话脖(phone neck)指把电话夹在肩膀和耳朵之间很长时间引起的颈部疼痛，是现代白领病的一种。

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Finally, new in the latest software release is the option to condense the keyboard on either the right or left-hand side of the screen for one-handed text input -- a feature that's been extended to the phone dialer as well.

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By examining historical data for the price of fish as mobile-phone coverage was extended down the coast of Kerala in southern India between 1997 and 2001, for example, Robert Jensen of Harvard University showed that access to mobile phones made markets much more efficient, eliminating wasted catches and thereby bringing down consumer prices by 4% and increasing fishermen's profits by 8%.

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By incorporating NFC technology into our Yale Real Living locks, we've extended the functionality of the mobile phone even further.

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