I just noticed this thread for the first time, and all I have to say is. I make phone calls with my cell phone. It works every time, unless I'm in the mountains of western Maryland. And that's it. I'm perfectly happy with that. And only that.
You sound like my grandfather when we tried to get him a computer and he said "I already have a typewriter, what do I need a computer for?" Congratulations.
And just what did you expect to find in a thread titled "iphone" when you clicked it?
In a way I admire your grandfather. While I do enjoy the internet as a way to get to oodles of information quickly and easily, I feel like with cell phones being essentially tiny computers to use facebook and email and websurfing on, every is losing touch with how to live and function without those conveniences.
I once stood at a pre-arranged meeting place in front of a 7-11 for an hour, waiting for a friend who agreed to meet me at that spot at a certain agreed upon time, so as to head into DC together to see a show at the club. He came sauntering down the hill an hour late, and seemed surprised to see me! I asked him what happened, and he informed me that he was under the impression I had stood him up, and wasn't coming. His line of thinking was, "well, you never called to say you were there, or even in the area." I had driven from over an hour away to meet him there, and didn't own a cell phone (this was 2004). I nearly smacked him upside the head. How was I supposed to call or be expected to call, when we agreed to meet at spot A at time X. It's not like I carry his phone number around in my pocket and could wander up to the nearest payphone. Everyone having cell phones and assuming they can change plans and can easily let the other party know that, has given rise to a culture of not going through with commitments.
