Do you use a cell phone?

Pffttt where i go my mobile goes!

I've had one for a few years now on a yearly contract with T-Mobile, and once the years up they send me the latest phone as long as i sign up with them for another year.

I only pay £14 per month and all calls to UK landlines and other T-Mobile handsets are free after 6.p.m and all weekend

This is my phone at the moment, a Motorola with a camera and video on it

Having lived most of my life in times when cell phones, computers etc were science fiction, I am not dependent on my mobile phone. But I do find it incredibly useful and a safety net. I also used to be much more relaxed about my daughter going out as I knew she would never be stranded if she had a phone and I could always call her if I was worried (not that I ever did).

I fit into about 3 of those categories. I live for my cell phone, I use it for work, and I hate people who drive and talk (hands-free, speakerphone people!!!)
I actually work for Nextel so if I hated cell phones there would be a problem I don't have a landline so I've always got my cell with me. The only annoying thing is if I forget to turn my speaker off and someone starts two-waying me when I'm out somewhere. That can be a bit embarrassing/annoying!!!

I can't live without mine however I don't have a land line anymore so I'd be in a bad place without my cell.

Oh, if you do have a landline for emergency backup, you need to make sure that one of your phones is totally wired and not a wireless handset. They don't work either if there's no power!

The cell phone is how we kept our relationship flowing while my better half and I were on seperate coasts for 3 years..it is also the way the school can get ahold of me for my Autistic son, it is also how my disabled mom can get ahold of me if she needs to. I luv having my cell.

Edited because I forgot to mention. Our cell phone costs are less per month than using phone cards or our house line for long distance calls to our family all over the US.

And if anyone wants to use the *cell phones are so dangerous while driving arguement* check the stats...more accidents are caused by other reasons, than cell phones...bad drivers are bad drivers, whether they are carrying a cell, coffee, makeup, food, dealing with children in the back seat, yacking with co workers, or reading a Thomas Guide and there are many more drivers carrying the other things than cells.


Oh last thing...would someone get mad at talking to another person, in person in the store about what to get? Why not? What is the differance? That you cannot hear both sides of the conversation? What difference does it truly make?

This is one of the great used of the phone...people can juggle life...it isn't rude unless they were talking to you then stopped, picked up the phone and left you cold...etc...but to use the cell to manage life, in a normal tone in normal life, is no one elses business.

Don't get me wrong, I have seen many rude cell phone users...but those are rude people...it doesn't make the phone bad....just like the phone doesn't make a bad driver.

Originally Posted by Mom of Franz

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I don't get that either. A friend of mine used to commute from NJ to NYC. On the commuter bus there were signs prohibiting cell phone use. What is the difference between talking with your seat mate or on a phone? I used to think it was because people without cells were jealous--they had no friends to talk to.

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I think the main reason they don't allow cell phone use on the bus, is because it can interfer with their radio transmissions from the base. It's a safety issue.

I own a cell phone, but right now, I don't have service on it. I used it for Long Distance Only. I don't approve of people using them when driving, either. It is dangerous, and when I'm on my mortorcyle, I feel in jeopardy when their are cell phone users driving their cars and talking on the cell.

I have never understood why people feel they can't get by without their cell phone, or why they walk down the streets, or down the isles in stores chatting away on the cell. Me, I don't even have the ringer turned on, on my regular phone, because I don't want to be bothered with phone calls.

I have one but I dont use it much, its mainly an emergency phone.

I couldn't live without mine!

I have nothing against them - except when people use them badly, like when I see idiots trying to drive one handed in heavy traffic and turning corners.

It really bugs me when people dont turn them off at important times though. I was doing an exam the other day and the moron next to me came in late(managed to wack me on the head with his bag as he went past) and then halfway through the exam when I was deep in thought over a hard question his mobile starts blaring out some cheesy pop tune...

He didnt even seem to realise, and just let it keep ringing. We even had a sign on our whiteboard saying you must turn them off! Maybe he was embarrased but all he had to do was reach down and turn it off. It was up on the highest volume too, I had earplugs in and it was still making me mad.

It is people like him that give mobile users a bad name.

actually my cell phone is the only phone i have i refuse to get a landline, there's only one company that i can go through in my area and they're awful! so i have my cell, and cable internet

i refuse to talk on it while i'm driving though!!

Ditto with the only phone I have

Originally Posted by yoviher

Let's put it this way: I feel naked whenever I go out without my cell phone.

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Me too, I never use it when driving tho..

Ha ha ... I saw two choices I wanted to vote for!!

Originally Posted by ash_bct

I already said that I don't talk on my cell while driving, but can someone please explain to me the difference between talking to someone in a store, walking down the sidewalk, ect while on a cell instead of having the person right there?
I'm sorry but "mindlessly chattering" on the phone or to the person with you is the same thing IMO.

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Oh yeh.....if you don't have a "landline" and there is a power outage you can always charge it in your car with an adapter.
I've been thinking about doing away with the home phone.

I use one occasionally but really hate hate hate people who talk on the phone and drive!!! I even see people riding their bikes and using them. Peddly bikes! rediculous!

I have one and so does my husband. He travels alot and it is the only way to keep in touch. It is always on me.

I have one (pre-paid card) for emergencies, and for use when traveling. I only turn it on when I'm going to work, and turn it off on my way home.
There was a bit on television last week - one of those "infotainment" shows - and the reporter went around asking people if they "faked" calls on their cell phones, i.e., pretended they were talking to somebody when they actually weren't. So many people said yes! Some examples were when they were alone and waiting for somebody, and felt awkward, or when they wanted to avoid talking to somebody sitting next to them on public transportation, or felt they were going to be accosted by a beggar.

I have a cell but its used mostly for when I am working, out at the barn or steve makes me take it whenever i drive anywhere just in case.