My Pseudo Cell Phoneby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 01 May 2008 04:36 PM
He really wants an iPhone himself, but he can�t justify buying one, since he already has to carry a company-issued cell phone and would feel slightly stupid carrying more than one cell phone at a time. But that doesn�t stop him from wanting to live vicariously through me, a �person in need of a new cell phone.� I admit that having a cell phone could be pretty handy on some days, and may even add a sense of safety and security when I am out alone. But I don�t know that I am ready for one just yet. Instead, I usually take our wireless home phone outside and use it as a sort of pseudo cell phone. Today, for example, I was halfway out of the neighborhood before I had to hang it up. Most of the time, I just use it in our own yard through, while waiting for the school bus or while supervising the kids. I also have pseudo mobile Internet, when I take my laptop outside and take advantage of our home�s wireless network. I can even play iTunes on it, although the chances of be passing a Starbucks and automatically downloading the selection that is playing is admittedly small, unless the deer and rabbits outside form a franchise in the woods. Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: Neurosurgeon Warns that Cell Phones are Worse than Smoking Apple Upgrades the iPhone and iTouch Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantcomputers tags User Comments jonesx6 (1607) 02 May 2008 07:04 AMI have a cell phone and I can never find it. lol My sons like to grab it for me and then lose it. Right now, I have no clue where my cell phone is and I could really use it today. To be honest I think it is in the van which is the shop. Oh geez! lol Laura jonesx6 (1607) 03 May 2008 11:06 AMI found that pesky cell phone!! It was right where I said it was; in the van. lol The boys were very happy. ;o) Laura  Kara (21865) 09 May 2008 07:54 PMI've actually been thinking about getting rid of our cell phones all together...of course this would be much easier if I had dh on board with this line of thinking!!! Kara (21865) 10 May 2008 06:03 AMALL the time because we don't have a home phone...but if we had a home phone I'd be using that. The only issue my dh has is that he won't be able to call me from the rode. He really shouldn't have to unless something is wrong....and if something is wrong what can I really do about it anyway?! (We only own one car) Community Tags cell-phone, iphone, iPod, technology Discuss this article
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