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Hi-Tech Aural Etiquette
By Heather Poyhonen
Mon, July 17, 2006, 12:01 am PDT

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Guys, we're not impressed by your tiny cell phones. Ladies, we envy your shiny pink cells with speakerphones, but leave (at least) one end of the conversation to our imagination, please. Suits, your uppity business chats force us to up the volume on our iPods. This National Cell Phone Etiquette Month, folks are drowning out the blather with white earbuds. Consequently, a glut of personal music players spawns the need for iPod etiquette. (When your boss walks in, should you remove one earbud or two?) And, then, there's the curmudgeon concern: What ever happened to peace and quiet? Not too long ago, friends strolled together yakking to someone else on their cells. Now they bebop together to different beats. And other variations: Mom in one ear, Gnarls Barkley in the other; jogging solo without a peep from the world; two buddies, one earbud. We suggest you go camping -- somewhere without reception. Listen to the chickadees, crickets, wind. At night, when you look to the moon, we won't tell if you sneak in a little Dean Martin.

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Directory categories: Cell Phone Etiquette, Cell Phone Issues, iPods, iPod Accessories, Etiquette
Archived under: Cell Phones, Etiquette, Music, Technology, iPods
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Tiny cell phones! Ah yes the slide phone, cool design and packed with features. Have you all checked this Nokia site, I saw a television program on how they make this phone and was totally impressed www.vertu.com and yes I switch off my phone on weekends and only receive calls in the evening, can you believe a Gemini telling this but yes its true!

Posted by: navoaks at July 17, 2006 4:05 AM

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