Mobile Fever Why are we so addicted to mobile phones ? There are now over forty million people in Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues , every man , woman and child in Britain will soon have one - or two , or three ! They can be expensive and are possibly bad for us . You can spend a lot of money if you use your mobile a lot . According to some scientists , if we go on using mobiles , we'll cook our brains . Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer . Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles , and texting ' is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as ' How RU ? ' in Japan , Surveys show teenagers are reading less and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners . A big problem in Britain is crime . Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft . As technology improves , mobiles can do more and more . If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles , you can log on the net , pay for things , play games , interact with TV programs and photos to send to your friends . Mark the statements as T ( true ) or F ( false ) 1.Old people are among the biggest users of mobiles .