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A staggering 97% of Americans own a cellular phone according to reports... Click here
More than likely, that cellphone will be a "smart phone", apparently 9 out of 10. Cellphones definitely have their benefits, providing us with the ability to communicate with one another almost no matter where we are via talking, texting, or email. We can even talk to one another face to face if we are thousands of miles apart. Cell phones have other features which provide us with entertainment in the form of games and movies. They have calendars and calculators, and they can even be your personal assistant. Your phone could be reading this article aloud for you. We can install various other applications based on our own personal preferences and there may be millions of apps at our disposal. Some people want to monitor the number of steps they've taken throughout the day, get weather alerts, play the stock market, do some banking, go shopping, book a flight, and so on. Cell phones are invaluable when you need directions - until they fail, that is. People have become so dependent on their phone that they have no contingency plan in the event of an outage. When you're 60 miles from where you want to go and the throbber (circle that spins while a program is loading) won't disappear, having a road map would be a good idea. In an instant, the world at your fingertips could vanish. A study revealed that within 15 minutes of being awake, a person has looked into their phone. As our dependency grows, a society could find itself severely crippled during a prolonged outage, especially with no means to reach loved ones or emergency responders. We may have taken for granted that our entertainment has been integrated with our necessities. Like road maps, having a landline isn't a bad idea.