, < Regeneration, < New Start editorial index page Discuss or Comment on this article - Join in the discussion and add your comment to this article's discussion page - your comments may be considered for publication in New Start There are times when the advent of 24 hour news seems as helpful as a mobile phone weighed down with all manner of gadgetry. Call me a Luddite, but isn’t the purpose of a phone to make phone calls? If I wanted to watch telly, take pictures or film something I’d have bought a television, camera and a camcorder. Making a phone call has never been so complicated.