Where Would We Be Without Cell Phones?

I had another random thought today, that I just had to share with you guys; cell phones are amazingly confusing. Let me clarify this for you guys.

First of all, if you guys were all standing in the same room as me right now, and I asked you guys to raise your hands if you owned a cell phone, I am willing to bet that at least ninety-five percent of you would have your hands raised. If I asked all the kids in my grade at school the same question, ninety-nine percent of them would probably raise their hands. Thus, I believe that most people in the United States today have a cell phone. I can see why we rely on them, but that whole texting shenanigans... it puzzles me. Sure, I wish I could do it more often than I do already (danged economy), but what makes sending the word, lol, back and forth so addicting? And, why do kids my age insist on sending messages in the form of text, instead of just calling the person, and telling them whatever they wanted to in the form of words. I don't know....

Another thing that surprises me about cell phones is the fact that we still call them phones, considering what they can do. Most phones today are able to take pictures, text (of course), play games, record videos and sounds, tell you where the nearest bathroom is via built in GPS system, connect to the internet, etc., etc., etc. Plus, with the very popular iPhone, you can do all of that, and then some. So, instead of calling these gadgets phones, we should be calling them something like, "wicked awesome portable entertainment slash telephone systems", or whatever it is you hip kids call those things- what are they, Game Guys? X-Cubes? Nintendo Wees?

Anyway, all I'm saying is phones are amazing. They help most of us everyday. They help us keep in touch. But, in some aspects, maybe phones are evolving into something much more than phones. I've seen home-phones you can buy that have a touch screen on the base, that allows you to text other peoples' cell phones. Maybe home phones will start being able to take pictures as well.

Or let you play Tetris on them.

Yours in awesomeness,
~Ry.

P.S. Before anyone begins questioning me (and my awesomeness), I do realize that this post is a bit similar to the one posted on Derek Gentry's Blog, but I promise you, I wasn't even thinking about that post while I was typing this post. Thus, this post is totally original. That's all, folks.