We call them 'Mobile Phones' in Oz...

don't got one, don't plan on getting one
I am untethered and free as a bird.

hehe, I don't own one either...

Get a good plan and it's cheaper than.. Ma bell

I hate them. Always have, always will. But my family insists I carry one in case of roadside emergency and such.

I get my sister's whenever I go on a little trip in my 17 yr old cherokee. I don't turn it on though unless I need to call somebody

I have one but i only use it when I am away from home. I don't talk on it much other than to stay in contact when away. So I use Verizon Freeup.

Always remember...they have an 'off' button.

You CAN be their master, not their slave.

They are invaluable to 'have'...even if not 'used'.

One occasion I was moments from a '000' call...[911]....because I came across an unconscious teen in 40 deg C heat.....and another I DID use it...[000] when I came across  4 big boxes on a freeway which were an accident waiting to happen....[a taxi hit one...and a semi almost jack-knifed at 100km trying to avoid them and the cars]...but we got them off after calling for police support.

Like I said...invaluable...

I have a nokia tracphone i don't even use. Guess i will sell it on ebay.

My uncle has one of those new fangled camera phones. nice phone I guess but to high tech for me, although I want one just to play around with.

Always remember...they have an 'off' button.You CAN be their master, not their slave.

Perhaps I could tape this to my phone base and repeat as needed.
See I resisted one for so long, finally gave in to the familys request, but kept it off unless needed for emergency.....funny how "emergencies" have now become "calling the BF from the grocery store to ask what kind of ice cream he wants". > bleh no willpower.

Wow..what a learning experience today has been. First I learn OZ has TV and now I learn they have phones........


yrag thinks his head might explode

Like Paul says....they are invaluable. You don't need to be a "slave to the cell"! Hell, I still point an laugh when I see someone on one in public

They are good on road trips for emergencies only, not for general chit-chat(cause you keep hearing that they can cause brain cancer)

I borrowed one from my sister when my mother was ill and in hospital. And gave it back when she was better. Unfortunately she was ill a lot. So, my sister gave me my first mobile phone (pre-GSM thingie, model "brick" for my BD several years ago. ).

By now I am very attached to it and have exchanged the brick for a cute tiny Nokia. My latest color cover is... Black. Friends can even e-mail to it. I also use it to pay on several Dutch online stores. I do use SMS (text messages) from time to time, but I don't use i-mode (this model doesn't have it anyway) and hardly use WAP. It contains some simple, but cool games for while I am travelling. I like its organizer functions that warn me when something needs to be done. And I can even use it as phone.

As for privacy: You can always switch it off.

I'm in the building game...and that, along with Australia's propensity for rapid uptake of new technology...[we tend to have the highest per-capita use of all sorts of new products...be it Mobile [cell] phones or DVDs, etc...]...so I actually commented today I was waiting to see a building tradesman who DIDN'T have one.

They are as common as mud....I have 4 of them myself......