cellphone

When was the last time you used a pay phone? Given that just about every American old enough to say “hello” now has a cellphone, you’d be forgiven for thinking these once-vital telecom totems had gone the way of the telegraph. But there are still hundreds of thousands of pay phones out there...

A few weeks ago I undertook a daring experiment: I went without my iPhone for seven whole days. It was a big deal for me. I'm 23, and I've been attached to a cellphone since shortly after I started walking. The first thing I noticed that phoneless week was just how many people stare at their...