Comments on: why must cell phones be so annoying?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:25:34 +0000

The worst I’ve ever seen was during the last trout season. The guy about 20 yards upstream was in the water in his waders, fishing rod in one hand, and yakking on a cell phone with the other! Geeez, I wanted to drown the S.O.B. It’s time for relaxing and fishing. What’s so damn important that you need to talk on a cell phone?

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:24:04 +0000

Are your ringtones polyphonic? Those are terribly annoying…and yet I want one even though my phone is set to vibrate-only.

By: Babs

Babs — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:48:48 +0000

I don’t think we have developed effective or acceptable social norms regarding cell phones. People do not seem to have a common courtesy when using cell phones; like leaving the room to talk – and they talk SO loud that there is no way of avoiding listening to the conversation.

It would seem that the cell phone companies are using their annoying features as a way to advertise their products. Negative publicity is still publicity.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:28:15 +0000

Alas, I have so much I want to say, but it’s too much effort to type. I too am fed up with the cell phones. They focus on cutsies instead of functionality. I don’t give a hoot about cutsy rings or really even a color screen. I want a phone that’s very useable and has a great signal. The old Nokia 6290 I had was great for that.

Also, I’m in the don’t-annoy-others crowd, but judging by others at work, it seems to never cross their mind. They have their ring on full volume in a meeting and then as it’s ringing, they just sit and stare at it deciding whether or not to answer it. It’s enough to bring in the friggin sharks with laser beams.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:37:08 +0000

What bothers me is that companies like Sprint sell phones with a few ring tones in them and then charge extra for the ability to use their network to download ring tones and then an additional ($1-$5/3 mo.) for the ring tone itself. It is a joke. I do like the new polyphonic ring tones that are available now.

Two features that I like in cell phones are 1. Speaker phone. It comes in handy when talking to family. I would have never guessed that I would use it so much on a cell phone. 2. Caller ID display on the outside of the phone. So you don’t have to flip the phone open to see who is calling.

By: katie

katie — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:03:48 +0000

I don’t like any of the weird rings either, but the horse neighing is pretty funny.