Texting on cellphone, pdas (personal digital assist.)

[Crankin]

I used to keep my cell phone on all day on my desk, when my kids were at home; it's notoriously difficult to reach teachers and so I would get a lot of "can you pick me ?" calls if they wanted to stay after school. I would IM my husband if I needed to communicate quickly with him during the day, but I would have to do it sneakily, so the kids wouldn't see, or wait until lunch. Last spring, when i was subbing, my son called me from Iraq on my cell! My colleague next door was absent and there was no sub. I was trying to teach 2 classes and make sure chaos didn't break out and talk to him. I felt bad, but finally I said, 'gotta go."
Like Shootingstar, my non use of these things really has to do with the fact that I don't feel the need to be so connected to everyone I know every minute. One of my friends texts a lot; she is constantly texting her kids who are college aged. I have a good relationship with my sons and I am pretty sure they don't want me texting them. It's intrusive. I like to keep the different spheres of my life separate. I find that since I am not working now, I rarely turn my cell on, which has made a couple of people mad when they tried to reach me, but hey, they eventually called me at home. I know I could learn to use these things, but I don't want to. I told my husband that I could curl up in a little garret with my books and a computer for the Internet and I'd be fine. I wouldn't need any other electronic stuff.

[surgtech1956]

Looking at a new phone. Not really into texting, but I am addicted to any new electronic 'toy'. We're with Verizon, so the Iphone is not an option, I looked at the Blackberry Storm, can't really justify it - I don't want to pay anymore for a cell phone contract. None of my friends 'text' at least not yet. The phones I've been looking at the LG Dare, LG Voyager. I would probably benefit from something like the I-Touch, wireless connection, music and calender/pda.

[msincredible]

I have a Blackberry Pearl. I do texting and use emails and the web browser on it, but it's more for work purposes than otherwise. If work hadn't forced me to get it, I would just have a regular cell phone.

[loneleaf]

Some days ago my laptop broke down... Oh i never imagined the days would be so boring without this high-tech machine although i have just lived within its existence for 4 months.
The same goes for when my cellphone was dropped into the water...that time i hadnt had my laptop. Oh well, i befriended with my TV. But gosh, i missed it so much that tiny thing and its little keyboard.
It's not that im an addict (am i ever? :P). When we r used to one thing, we understandably find it uneasy without it

[roadie gal]

My cell phone is usually off, although this time of year, with the snowy roads, I do carry it.

I don't have email access and I have texting blocked. I was receiving a bunch of spam texts, at 15 cents/spam. So I had it blocked.

I've said this before, but I'm not in the cell phone habit. I don't have kids that I have to keep up with and the mountains around here make reception iffy at best.