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    IpsoFacto: I think that once you have a cell phone, you realize how awesome and convenient it is that you can't imagine ever going back. How many people get rid ... more »
    Smitros: I'm #1! I'm number 1! #cellphones more »
    TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing: I've found that cell phones are like someone just walking up and touching you. You're just living your life and then someone just reaches out and puts... more »
    FrankieButtons: What about the poors? I would guess about 15 percent of Americans live below the poverty line, and cell phones might not be a priority. #cellphones more »
    DTurkin: I got one because it seemed like a good idea, but I hardly ever use it (I just don't like the things). I guess I fall into the unimportant category. #... more »
    AppleBrownBettyComingThrough: Ah, but there is one thing that trumps all these categories: having a kid. There's not one person I know who has a kid of a certain age who doesn't ... more »
    sparky: I work 8-10 hours a day in an office with a phone, and I'm home and awake on average another 4 hours in my apartment, which has a land line. A person ... more »
    Niko Bellic: If you don't want anyone to call you, just get an iPhone. My calls get dropped so often, people got tired of taking to me. Or maybe, they get tired of... more »
    thucyditron: Even the homeless have cell phones. #cellphones more »
    Trixie from Toronto: We call my brother "the Unabomber." He has no cellphone. There you go. #cellphones more »
    Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): So the guy in the Brooklyn walk-up has neither a cell phone nor a house phone? #cellphones more »
    TheUptightMidwesterner: I made my SO get one this year. He actually needs one, because his friends and coworkers would call my cell trying to track him down. He tried the "I... more »
    squeakel: I just found out that a (new) friend of mine doesn't have a cell phone. I'm reconsidering our friendship. She says she doesn't want people to be abl... more »
    Swordfish: Isn't David Sedaris famously cellphone free? Peter Beard is too, but his assistant has one, and Peter gives out the assistant's number to anyone who ... more »
    baabwajones: I don't have a cell phone because I hate the idea of being reachable at all times. That is what my pager isfor, and it has killed any desire that I ma... more »
  • #endangeredspecies

    Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study

    85 percent of adult Americans have cellphones, which means 15 percent don't. Who are these mysterious, ringtone-free luddites? More »
  • #luddites

    Obama's Staff Facing Life Without IM

    Barack Obama's top strategist, David Axelrod, uses AIM to communicate, as does most of his youthful staff. How will they survive in a government bureaucracy where everything goes down on your permanent record? More »