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Article: Can you hear me now? Reporter goes three days without his cell phone to measure his dependency on the device
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- January 8, 2006
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One alternative to cell phones is the old-fashioned pay phone.
Something must be done. It's become a restless habit.
Any thought that crosses my mind someone else must know it. Any idea, joke, worry or concern I have, others must hear it. Honestly, I can't fathom going without it.
Less than six years ago, I was in college isolated from my folks at home, conforming to a beeper and the occasional phone call from a landline. After the first semester, my parents were fed up with my availability issues so I received a cell phone for Christmas.
It was a marvel back then, a luxury item that would enable me to contact whomever, whenever. Now, it's less than a luxury -- the cell phone has become an ...