Samuelson, Robert J. (2004) “A Cell Phone? Never for Me. NEWSWEEK, 8/ 23 P. 63

Cell phones are now a common everyday experience. They rank right up there with televisions, air conditioning, computers and related.

In 1985, there were about 340, 000. Today, there are close to 160,000,000. You carry them on your person and you can talk to the world. Cell phones also do tricks. You can text message, take photos; see the other partner in real time. This innovation can also hit every demographic market. Age is not a barometer. Everyone can have one and especially the simple ones are great for novices such as me.

I talk with my youngest son when he is walking the streets of Manhattan in the Big Apple. If you are lost or have fallen down with a hip problem or the early stages of a heart attack, the cell phone is in your pocket and you are able to contact authorities.

On the other hand, driving and talking are not good combinations. Work and leisure become blurred. Cell phones can go off in class.

Land lines have diminished because of cell phones.

So what is next?

(See internet phones)