Comments on: Birth of the Mobile Brats

By: azeul

azeul — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:14:35 +0000

..and i only remember my own phone number
..all the rest: err… phonebook?

By: azeul

azeul — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:14:35 +0000

..and i only remember my own phone number
..all the rest: err… phonebook?

By: Gregroy

Gregroy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:02:03 +0000

Granted, but I think more people would take the proper precautions to mitigate the risks, e.g. using a headset, and not keeping the phone next to your crotch.

By: Haslina Ali

Haslina Ali — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:58:57 +0000

I think even if it were proven, people would likely still use mobile phones for the same reason that people smoke and drink and speed and do all kinds of things that are bad for them.

By: Gregroy

Gregroy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:33:36 +0000

What if mobile phones cause brain cancer? This has not been ruled out. You are all a bunch of gullible guinea pigs!! Good luck. I hope it's not true.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:14:34 +0000

I think you may just be hyperactive. Having an iPhone has not hindered me from staring off into space. I actually prefer having a lengthy amount of time ahead of me before I take it out of my pocket. An Internet-enabled device is just another tool, like the car, that can make certain things more convenient. If you hit your thumb with a hammer, you dont blame the hammer.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:05:48 +0000

I am most definitely a mobile brat. At this point I think I would shrivel up and go in to convulsions if someone pried my iPhone from my hand.

Otherwise, excellent post. It is funny how people have become so dependent upon these devices. It's almost as if we can no longer live our lives by simply living. We must always stay connected. No wonder our brains are on information overload!

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:54:52 +0000

Haha, yes. Simply breathing in and out is a great way to relax yourself :)

By: Roberto

Roberto — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:32:58 +0000

Great post. I've noticed this too, though not in myself (I don't have that pervasive internet access that you have yet; I compensate by drumming with my fingers in any surface, to my girlfriend's utter annoyance) but in my boss and several other people in my surroundings.

The name you gave it is very funny. If you buy the domain “mobilebrats.com” and you don't mind my daring to ask, I'd like an email redirection :-) Oh, and another one for my boss, who may be a mobile brat too but is a cool guy anyway.

By: Haslina Ali

Haslina Ali — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:39:10 +0000

I totally agree that there's nothing wrong with carrying 2 devices. I'd never use my phone as my mp3 player (sorry, iPhone) or as my camera (sorry, Nokia N series). Only in emergencies. And I hate touch screens for the life of me :| I'm pretty tiny so I have tiny fingers and even then I hit the wrong buttons on a touch screen :|

By: Haslina Ali

Haslina Ali — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:32:15 +0000

You mean, actually sit there? And do nothing? While waiting? That's so crazy it might work!

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:54:24 +0000

Luckily I'm not that addicted to my mobile phone, I just don't need all the nifty features. The thing you can do while waiting is simply breathing in and out slowly, a bit like yoga :)

By: Zenon Tigerpaw

Zenon Tigerpaw — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:32:59 +0000

The Phone never shoulda merged with the PDA this soon! The touchscreen just makes thing worse. We're not ready for such technology at this point. I don't care who started. If they had kept off the cellar networks it'd be less to worry about.

Thankfully neaither Apple or Microsoft started the smart-phone industry.