Re: I love my mobile.

I wouldn't be without my mobile phone either. Originally I got a mobile so my kids could get in touch with me while I was at work (single parent with teenage kids). It had always been my intention to get rid of the phone once the kids were older but by then I had got so used to it and its convenience that I couldn't do without it.

The kids in the mean time have left home and gone out into the world and they have never had a fixed line only their mobiles - the fixed line as far as they are concerned is a thing of the past.

Even I find myself using the mobile or VOIP far more than my fixed line infact my only gripe is that it costs me 12c a minute to call anywhere in Australia using the mobile whereas it is only 6c a minute to call the UK, USA or most countries in the world - go figure that!

When I get the high speed fibre optic replacing the copper into my house then the fixed line will be a thing of the past for me too.

Re: I love my mobile.

i bought a mobile a couple of years ago...it took photos had the internet (which i never used) and several other bits of tech stuff...i got so fed up with it as all i wanted was just a mobile phone that i could use in emergencies and send and recieve simple texts from...at last i found one and its brilliant simple and easy to use and no added extras...it has large buttons and an emergency button if needed...and the besr part is you can use any uk simcard in it...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Binatone-Spe...1822211&sr=8-1

Re: I love my mobile.

I find mine handy for work. At times where I'm caught up, I can go visit and do things around town. If work comes in or a client is trying to contact me, I will get the emails on my phone.

And of course the kids LOVE them. Texting is often their favorite way to communicate, so I find this helps me keep tabs on my teenage daughter.....

Which came in real handy a few months ago when the radio announced that the high-school she attends went into lock-down mode. I FREAKED!! Fortunately I was able to text her and find out she wasn't in any danger.

But.... they can also be a bit of a nuisance.

Regards,
Steve

Re: I love my mobile.

Mine spends most of it's time in my bag turned off.

Re: I love my mobile.

I don't care much for my mobile, granted it is useful to have.

I use mine mainly for texting, phone calls on the pay-as-you -go tariff which I have are too expensive for me. I don't make many phone calls these days and those I do make are free at certain times on the land line.

I am long sighted so have a problem with the tiny characters on most mobile phones. I can pay more for a special mobile but have stuck to my old Nokia

Re: I love my mobile.

I'm afraid now I've come to the conclusion that mobile phones are probably the most anti-social technological invention.

They are an intrusion. I don't want to see or hear people yapping on their mobiles, exchanging insults, firing off a barrage of **** words, texting whilst crossing roads (and I've almost bagged a few in my time) not to mention the pillocks yapping on the phone whilst driving.

Nearly everywhere I go, I see people with mobiles be it in the doctor's surgery when they're supposed to be switched off, the pharmacy, on the street, in a supermarket et al.

Of course, some people use them properly and for good reason, but many just use them in place of actually chatting face to face. I actually watched two girls texting each other when they were both standing together on the street.

What does the future hold? Mayhap in a few years from now, babies will be implanted with a communication micro-chip.

Plus of course, what a lot of folk don't realise is, that the frequent use of a mobile phone can actually do damage to the brain because of the emissions given out, and that's a fact.