Cell Phones

[Jedihuh?]

well do they? I for one don't see the neccesity for them and I sell the bloody things. We got along fine without them in the yesteryear Of saved by the bell.

I'll admnit i feel naked without my cell phone, but I definatly can live without it. Whats your take?

 

edit: spelling error in title

Edited February 12, 2006 by Jedihuh?

[Vashanti]

Someone with a physical disability whose vehicle breaks down while driving on a remote road -- they might feel like they "need" their cellphone.

 

[CoM_Solaufein]

Cellphones are good. I use it to check my e-mail, check sports stats and the latest news. I use it in that fashion more than talk on it.

[magician]

Due to the nature of my work and my schedule, I need it a lot and it was a problem when I didn't have one in the past.

 

Also, a month ago, my car broke down... The radiator cracked and had to call a friend of mine to literally pull the car to a garage... It was late night and my cellphone (thanks to God I had credits loaded) saved my freezin "lower back" parts that night (-15/20 C something)

 

So, yes they are necessary additions to our communication arsenal

 

EDIT: typos.

Edited February 12, 2006 by magician

[kirottu]

Cell phone is one of those things you don

[Surreptishus]

Its like crack, you can go your whole life without it, but once you start you just can't drop the habit.

 

 

Note: The above statement could also be applied to Pringles

[Walsingham]

I have disorganised friends. I have a very changeable job. I need my cellphone, although I managed OK before I had it, I don't know how.

[Diamond]

Cell phone is one of those things you don

Edited February 12, 2006 by Diamond

[Gabrielle]

Cell phones are your friend. Best way to keep track of your friends.

[Bulgarian Jedi]

Having a cell phone is pretty useful, but there are a lot of options of especially the new models whose usefulness is questionable.

[WITHTEETH]

Having a cell phone is pretty useful, but there are a lot of options of especially the new models whose usefulness is questionable.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Having a job where the jobsite changes multiple times over the day, it makes it very practical to have a celly.

[Judge Hades]

I don't have a burning desire to keep track of my friends. Except for thursday night gaming I pretty much leave them alone and they leave me alone, though we do call each other on times we need a favor or three.

[thepixiesrock]

Its like crack, you can go your whole life without it, but once you start you just can't drop the habit.

 

 

Note: The above statement could also be applied to Pringles

[Surreptishus]

I enjoy the vibrate function, it makes me feel like i wet myself/ Speaking of vibrating phones, there's this anime film with this doctor and these nurses... kirottu will know what i mean.

[Hurlshort]

I actually think we no longer need house phones. If you get a good cell phone plan, it's a better deal to just use that. Unfortunately reception is not perfect everywhere. My house actually has horrible reception, so we are forced to use a land line.

 

I also ignore my phone all the time. I think more people need to learn to do that. Of course, my wife calls 4 times a day, so that gives me a good reason to not pick up.

[Laozi]

I have only owned a cell phone when my job required it. I have found the ability to be reached all the time more a hindrance then a benefit.

[Diamond]

I have found the ability to be reached all the time more a hindrance then a benefit.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Because you on the receiving end.

[Rosbjerg]

I usually just turn off my cellphone if I don't want to be reached.. I've always had an ambivalent relationship with technology.. On one hand I love how they can ease the burden from time to time .. but then I know how dependent we get on such attachments..

[Jedihuh?]

so in a buisness situation they'er a good thing to have or so it seems other than that they annoy people? like I said i work for a cell phone company, and truth be told the majority of phones we cell are crap. Especially the LG's they have the most problems. I agree that I never thought I needed one untill I got one, now if I go an hour without it or just take a quick run to sev and forget it I feel naked. I own the motorola rokr, so far its done me good....to bad I work for a rival cell phone company

[moreKOTORplz]

its like an appendage, i'm glad i got over my text messaging phase however.

 

dam criminal cell phone companies

[metadigital]

It's pretty funny, and instructive of the mentality of suits in marketing departments, that SMS was an afterthought; something to use up the little bit of bandwidth left in the first generation 'phones. (Hence the 152 character limit.)

 

It has become a cash cow: in Britain it generally costs over 5 pence per text: I can call other countries on voice calls for a minute for this!

 

I have, at times, gone without a mobile 'phone for months at a time. Right now I have the Sony 910e which I use as a PDA.

 

People have tended to use technology to make their lives easier: this has (merely) resulted in total lack of planning as a significant of calls are "I'm here!", or "Where are you?" and "We're all going to the pub, now."

 

It is sobering to reflect that something like 75% of the world's population have never made a telephone call at all.

[LadyCrimson]

Cell phone is one of those things you don

Edited February 12, 2006 by LadyCrimson

[Walsingham]

I definitely don't feel obliged to answer the phone when it rings.

[Moose]

What happened to all those "they'll cause you cancer" allegations? They just seemed to evapourate.

 

Rather strange - the science behind them was at least as sound as the science behind intelligent design.

[Diogo Ribeiro]

People have tended to use technology to make their lives easier: this has (merely) resulted in total lack of planning as a significant of calls are "I'm here!", or "Where are you?" and "We're all going to the pub, now."

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I have to agree with that assessment and confess that unfortunately I fell prey to this. I was given a celular phone under the pretense that it would be helpful (not that it would make my life easier - to get that, I'd have to be blasted off the planet). And it really was useful during the first months but then it started to become more of a problem. The credit, the battery, having to lug it around, etc., and all for what basically amounted to the type of situations you describe.

 

However, I should also point out that in emergency situations it has been very helpful... But thankfully these haven't been many (except in some instances during the last years with relatives dropping like flies).

Edited February 12, 2006 by Role-Player