[Really? He's surprised. If she lives in a world of spaceships, how can they not know about cell phones? But maybe they have an advanced version of that technology too, some other way of communicating across galaxies, and they call it something different. Either that or she's crazy. But she's paying him attention now and she has a pretty smile so he'll indulge her.]
This is a cell phone. [He points at the device.] It's more advanced than the ones I'm used to, but basically the same thing. The internet is a network that lots of devices like this one can access to find information. Or messages, videos, whatever people want to post really. This thing doesn't have it, but it has some kind of network. Looks like you can post messages to everyone here.
[He hopes that makes sense. And he made it a family-friendly explanation too, give him a prize or something.]
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This is a cell phone. [He points at the device.] It's more advanced than the ones I'm used to, but basically the same thing. The internet is a network that lots of devices like this one can access to find information. Or messages, videos, whatever people want to post really. This thing doesn't have it, but it has some kind of network. Looks like you can post messages to everyone here.
[He hopes that makes sense. And he made it a family-friendly explanation too, give him a prize or something.]