Poll: Cellphones

[manaman]

I have had a cell phone since I was 17. Ten years now. I have had a land line a couple of times over the years, but usually only to get DSL.

I used to carry a cell, PDA, MP3 player, and camera. I dropped the PDA a couple of generations ago, and got a smartphone. The MP3 player will probably stay for some time, but the camera now only leaves with me if I know for sure I am going to want to take some pictures beforehand. I text as well. I actually find it more useful around here as messages can at times be the only way to communicate if you on the fringe of the coverage area - and it seems a lot of my friends live in those areas.

 

[OniSuika]

I always get asked why I want such flash phones when I rarely use them, but that's the reason I do want one with lots of features. I only use calls to make arrangements, find people, or for emergencies really. I use the PDA and organiser features more, and stuff like web browsing.

 

[akmarksman]

Small story: I was once asked to look up a few phone numbers of people who were absent at a group meeting. Upon returning, I got asked, "Why didn't you call them?" After explaining the situation, I got asked, "You don't have a cellphone? What's wrong with you?"

Now, I recently inherited a cellphone. I've never owned one up to this point, and never saw the point. I dislike the idea that people can talk to me all the time - I like my privacy, and I don't like getting phonecalls. Yes, it's nice to have around when I get stuck somewhere and need directions or something, and I would get one and use one if my job required, but having a device that allows anyone with knowledge of the number to call you any time they like puts me off.

Then, there was the time I attempted to send a text message. All I had to do was send "I'm in Oakville" to my sister so she could pick me up at the train station. The result was a single incomprehensible (Hohnma5tille) word because I couldn't figure out how to change letters or type in a space. I since know how to do these things, but I still dislike the idea of text-messaging. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's the fact that people do it incessantly, even when you're trying to talk to them. Maybe it's the fact that it fosters poor English. I don't know. I just hope I never have to send another text message in my life.

So, what's your relation to cellphones?

Manuals..they don't put them with devices when you purchase them just to keep the paper mills running.

I had a RAZR V3..despite the fact that it looked like it had served 2 tours with the Marines in Iraq,it still made calls,received them and I could send text messages. Recently upgraded to the V9x..love the 2nd display and the touchscreen buttons for Bluetooth,Music Player and the Recent Calls list.
It isn't the same as my RAZR V3,but it's great.

I use my phone for talking,occasionally texting.

 

[Danzaivar]

I have a basic one, use it for texting pretty much every day (Which isn't much by my friends standards, but still).

I'd quite like an iPhone tho, simply because you can get the Internet on it and they're basically a handheld games console, and a lot smaller than a psp/DS. [edit: Fuck paying £35 a month for a contract tho, I'm currently with Blyk (Get ad texts, but £15 a month worth of credit, so I've never had to pay for a text in 2 years), O2's stupid exclusive contract can suck a nut. And screw buying an iPod touch when that means you need that AS WELL AS a mobile phone at the same damn time. Freaking Apple.]

 

[Starnerf]

I have a Blackjack II that I use to take notes when I'm away from my computer. I keep my shopping list on it so I can add stuff as I decide I need it. It's my primary phone since my apartment phone doesn't make outgoing calls for whatever reason. But I rarely use the phone for anything other than an occasional conversation with my parents or call to AAA, so it doesn't get much use. I also use it as an MP3/WMA player.

 

[henrebotha]

Small story: I was once asked to look up a few phone numbers of people who were absent at a group meeting. Upon returning, I got asked, "Why didn't you call them?" After explaining the situation, I got asked, "You don't have a cellphone? What's wrong with you?"

Now, I recently inherited a cellphone. I've never owned one up to this point, and never saw the point. I dislike the idea that people can talk to me all the time - I like my privacy, and I don't like getting phonecalls. Yes, it's nice to have around when I get stuck somewhere and need directions or something, and I would get one and use one if my job required, but having a device that allows anyone with knowledge of the number to call you any time they like puts me off.

Then, there was the time I attempted to send a text message. All I had to do was send "I'm in Oakville" to my sister so she could pick me up at the train station. The result was a single incomprehensible (Hohnma5tille) word because I couldn't figure out how to change letters or type in a space. I since know how to do these things, but I still dislike the idea of text-messaging. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's the fact that people do it incessantly, even when you're trying to talk to them. Maybe it's the fact that it fosters poor English. I don't know. I just hope I never have to send another text message in my life.

So, what's your relation to cellphones?

People can't talk to you all the time just because you have a cellphone. You'd have to answer it to allow that. If the thing ringing annoys you, you can put it on silent or turn it off when you don't want to receive calls.

Not reading the instructions that came with your device are not acceptable grounds for hating text messaging. If people are texting others when you're trying to speak to them, you're hanging out with the wrong people - they are arseholes, plain and simple. It doesn't necessarily foster poor English - I'm a second language speaker, and yet I type words in full, with correct grammar, punctuation, and spacing.

I have a Nokia phone that I love with all my heart - mostly because it allows me to stay in touch with my beautiful lover when I can't physically be with her, which is 90% of the time.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I have one. It's used as a watch.-sadface-

 

[stabnex]

I own one, use it all the time for professional calls and texting/pic sharing with my friends.