Sometimes I do … but not to make calls, of course.  Despite all the warnings to switch off mobile phones or set them on vibrate/silent mode, in just about every movie I’ve gone to the past few years, there’s always one or two people making or receiving calls while the show is on.  I think that this is unacceptable behaviour, and very inconsiderate of the other hundred or so people who want to just enjoy the movie.
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… and apparently, that’s not a good thing.   Michael Mace,  former Chief Competitive Officer  at Palm, has a very interesting blog post on the hierarchy of status associated with the phone that you carry.  A Siemens means you’re a cheapskate (except in Germany), a Nokia is ok, a SonyEricsson means you’re creative (it’s the Apple of the mobile phone, I suppose), and the Treo reveals that you’re a geek – in the not-so-nice, nerd sense of the word.  The Treo is also considered huge compared to other mobile phones, which is why the upcoming Treo 750w is set to be slimmer, and set to lose the old-fashioned external antenna.    
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Reuters has an interesting article on how mobile phones are increasingly taking over the traditional function of time pieces.  Just about every mobile phone has a built-in time function as well as an alarm clock.  Writer Helen Chernikoff says that there there’s no longer a need to wear a wristwatch other than to make a fashion statement. I haven’t worn a wristwatch for many years, ever since I started carrying my PDAs (and now my Treo 650) everywhere.
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Tonya Poole, a partner in a two-person creative studio, writes about using the Treo 650 smartphone to catch up on work while on vacation. She tells the horror story of working in hotel rooms with unreliable dial-up connections, with compares it with the bliss of using a Treo 650 with an always-on data connection.
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