Cell phone absurdity acquitted?

I read an article in the Washington Post yesterday that claims that there is now 1 active cellphone for every two people on that planet. Yes, you read that right, one cell phone for every other person on in the whole world. The WHOLE thing. That's amazing, besides the obvious fact that that means there are 3.3 billion cellphones in use; the world is so connected right now. No wonder we freak out when we don't hear from our loved ones within a four hour time period. I know for a fact I'm guilty of that. Cellphones are great, primarily because they allow us to be connected to a social network to the point of absurdity. It's nice to know what time everybody is supposed to meet up and where with a moments notice. I like it when, i go to meet somebody and they can't make it,they let me know before i reach my destination. Or when i part ways with my sweetheart, i can call her up immediately instead of waiting until i get home, that's Psycho I know but so what.

I didn't get my first cell phone until i was 18. I bought it. Everybody else in my family got one the summer of my senior year, instead i went to Gautemala, which provided a lifetimes worth of experiences. Although when i got home and i was the only without one. In the spring of the following year after growing resentful of using my home phone and tiring of asking my friends to borrow their cells, I finally got my own phone, i remember like it was yesterday. I went to Best Buy hyped up, first cell phone is a big deal. I bought a Virgin Mobile K9 pay-as-you-go phone, hell I get nostalgic just looking at it. Realize though that this phone was a piece of crap, even by 2005 standards. Income was an issue and this was the coolest/cheapest phone i could find, so whatever. Pay as you go sucks, mainly because i didn't have boku minutes, nor free nights and weekends, and minutes came @ 25¢ a pop. I learned the art of timing with this phone though.
I was economical, i mean you might call that cheap and you'd be right, but i prefer to think of it as economical. This venture though ended badly after my thrice refilled minutes expired. I lost that phone and never looked back.

Cell phone batteries suck too, i'm pretty sure i've dealt with more than my share of shitty two or three hour battery lives. Jonna get yourself a new battery girl.
I'm wandering, my point is Cell phones can be amazing or they can be death traps. I think that all depends on how you use it.