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Just like David, I've gone cellular. I had a cell phone in Germany previously. This one is fancier...color screen, digital camera attachment, web browsing, infrared. No bluetooth as I couldn't justify spending hundreds of dollars on a phone. The infrared lets me sync contact data with my Zaurus at least.

I don't like cell phones much, mostly because of all the dumb conversations I hear on them. People in this town walk around saying what they're doing, "Yeah, I'm walking to the quad. Cool. Yeah I just got out of class. Yeah it's fun. No, I didn't know that. Get OUT! Ohmygawd!."

It really doesn't appeal to me. The handy (or cell phone) culture in my mind is so self-important that it needs to inform someone of every action, and those actions are so important that they must be reportable to everyone at a moment's notice. I am much more of a, "Let's meet at 5:30 at the coffee pavillion. Okay cool, bye," kind of guy. I usually like to be unplugged and away from it all.

I suppose that, on the funny side, I haven't actually brought my phone any place. It sits in my bedroom plugged into the wall. If I'm not home, people can wait. Maybe that will change, but I certainly hope not.