I always carry my PDA (HP iPaq) with me. It's usefull, but I can operate without it. When I go jogging (or other sports) I never take my PDA with me. I do put my PDA next to me when I go sleeping, but telefone function off (I use it as my alarm).

Some days, I leave it at home and I don't care.

So I do use it a lot, but I'm not addicted.

(Prepaid user )

Cell phones are both a great, and horrid invention. It's wonderful that you can keep in touch with people on the go, and especially if you're in an emergency it's always good to be able to call 911 (or whatever your emergency number is), but as has been said, when I see 10 year olds with $300 phones and iPods, I feel like smacking the parents in the face. Kids shouldn't have those types of things, no matter WHAT the situation is! Ten year olds shouldn't even be going out on their own! Personally, I didn't get a phone until a few years ago (I was out of high school), and even today I don't use it a heck of a lot. Personally, I think the age someone should get a phone is about 13, when you go into highschool. That's when things may start to get a bit... dangerous. However, elementary (primary) school kids shouldn't have any sort of technology. The most they should be doing is passing notes - not text messages!

Well now in California if you use your cellphone while driving you get a ticket. And its a big one. $300 worth. One more reason to not have a cellphone.

I hate cell phones
I Hate Cell Phones

I may not be a very a social person and that maybe why I never had a cell phone until my father gave me his cell phone. (a tiny one that has only the capability for phone calls and maybe texting which I have no clue how to use)

The funny thing is I like technology like video games, computers, Mp3, ect, but the cell phone makes me want to rip the creators of it a new one. I understand using it to make a quick phone call when NEEDED!

Example of something that just occurred. A mother ignoring her child by talking outside on the hell-phone oops I mean cell-phone for an HOUR. The kid started crying because he wanted to see his mother who he hadn't seen all day. And she was completely obivious to this.

This is true and I was p%$^#* off by this so I went to google typed in I hate cell phones and found this site.

-reply by crimson

I hate Cell Phones Too
I Hate Cell Phones

Okay, hate is a strong word but I really, really dislike cell phones.

I don�t own a cell phone, I�ve never used one and I doubt I ever will. As an outsider looking in, cell phones and all the other personal high-tech gadgetry is just really weird to me. I always thought of a telephone as just another appliance. To me, a phone is no different than a lamp, an oven, a refrigerator or a toaster. Carrying a phone absolutely everywhere is like carrying around a toaster everywhere. Okay, the concept of being able to make toast anytime, anywhere is really great but is it necessary? As I see it, the concept of making and receiving phone calls anytime, anywhere is great too but not really necessary and actually a bit silly (like toast). Granted, the world is full of popular things that aren�t necessary like Jell-o, hula-hoops and coca-cola but people aren�t carrying these things with them every waking moment like they do cell phones.

The really scarey thing about cell phones is the attachment people have to them. The things people say about their phones are downright bizarre. How many times have we heard, �I would die without my phone� or �I can�t live without it�? They also say, �my phone is my best friend�, �it is my whole life� and watch the people who come away from someplace where they can�t use it like a plane or theater. The minute they get out, their phone is to their ear.

Are we talking about phones or heroine here? The truth is, it makes no difference. Heroine is a chemical drug and cell phones are an electronic drug. The addiction is clearly the same. Both users are addicts too which is sad.

I just don�t think cell phones are necessary because we all got along fine without them. My land-line telephone in my home works perfectly and can not be improved upon. When it rings, it is almost always totally inconvenient and annoying. I can�t imagine carrying it around with me with a perpetual obligation to answer it. What a burden!

I think it would be great if cell phones had a huge tax assessed to them and their usage, like gasoline and cigarettes. That would be the perfect way to discourage their use for frivolous conversations. If cell phone bills were raised to something like $500 or $1,000 a month, parents wouldn�t give them to their children like a toy. Additionally, a huge usage tax would cut conversations to only the most imperative or emergency calls, as it should be.

Maybe someday, there will be an atmospheric condition that will cause the communication satellites to fall out of orbit and burn up in re-entry. It will be amusing to watch all the cell phone addicts go into uncontrollable withdrawal convulsions, complete with drooling and the incoherent muttering of the insane.

Seriously, I do feel sorry for you cell phone addicts. Your life is controlled by an object that is basically a toy. I think the Amish people have the right idea. The most high-tech thing they have is a plow or a candle. In their communities, they have virtually no murders, no suicides, no divorces, no stress, no traffic jams, nothing but peace & quiet. How cool would that be?

-JW

I absolutely hate cell phones. I hate people who use them when they drive, cross the street, rollerblade, use them in restaurants, on trains, planes, cruise ships, and especially at the movies. Just exactly what is so @$%*@Z? important to talk about? Are you really that self-important that you have to yammer away about trivial matters that no body gives a hoot about?

I got one as a "gift" for my birthday about 3 months ago. I absolutely hated the rap music ringtone this insidious device played when it rang. I made the person change it. He showed me how to use it, but I just faked interset as not to hurt his feelings. It also had a camera, but he had no time to show me how to use it. The thing is still in the box. I have no intention on using it.

I realize that everybody and his brother has one. I always tried NOT to be like everybody else. I absolutely refuse to become a cell phone zombie. I`m probably one of the only guys in America without one. And you know what? I like it that way! Remember one thing wether you have a cell phone or not. IF IT IS IMPORTANT THEY WILL CALL YOU BACK!

-reply by Bad Hat