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Ten Reasons You Don't Really Need a Cell Phone

Posted July 31, 2007 4:43 PM

From Wired Top Stories:

It makes your life more complicated: A phone is just another thing that checks email, holds information and schedules events, and which has to be carefully kept in sync with all the other crud in your life that checks email, holds information and schedules events. The difference? This one likely has a 240 pixel-wide screen and a shabby interface spawned from the hellish loins of Windows CE. It's horribly expensive: Total Cost of Ownership. Apply that idea to everything, not just cars and mortgages. The fact is that most cellphones will cost you thousands over the life of the contract. Short of paying-as-you-go with a Wal-Mart crapdybar, you're in it for a good $1,000, and about $2,000 or so with a smartphone.

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Re: Ten Reasons You Don't Really Need a Cell Phone

08/01/2007 12:47 PM

I work in the industry, so my comments may be a bit biased. (That's why my avatar is winking!)

Everyone of these devices come with a feature called the ON/OFF switch. This gives the user complete control over the device.

If you don't need it, don't buy it. But for the sake of my revenue, please buy it!

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