短信息带来的文明革命的典型图景在日本。东京地铁与街头每天出现的景象足以让社会学家和心理学家都瞠目结舌：成千上万的人群，既有那些染着各种颜色头发的少年人，也有背负家庭责任的主妇以及一辆严肃的办公室一族，都不约而同拿地着各种颜色手机，不断地用拇指在手机上按动，对于他们来说，通过手机进入移动运营商DoCoMo提供的平台，就能上网闲聊、交换电子邮件和照片、收听音乐、算命、玩游戏、定约会，甚至是买鲜花和卖股票。事实上，这已经不仅仅是一种时尚，而是日本人在十年经济低迷之后为自己找到的一种最合适的沟通、娱乐和生活方式。《拇指脑震荡》

　　SMS enjoys the greatest revolution in Japan. Sociologists and psychologists are shocked at the scene down in the subway or up on the streets in Tokyo: thousands of people, the young with their hair dyed in different colors, the housewives tending for the whole family, and the salarymen with their serious appearance, are busy with their pressing on the buttons of the various mobile phones(可免去用not only but also 的句型).After getting to the platform provides by DoCoMo, the mobile operator, they can, on the net, chat, send or receive emails, exchange photos, listen to music, have fortune-telling, play games, make appointments, or even buy flowers or sell stocks. In fact, SMS ceases to be something merely fashionable. Instead, it offers one of the best ways of communication, entertainment and lifestyle.