Yeah, I'm really not sure what I would do if my cell phone wasn't provided for free. I never really saw a need for one before I got my first phone for work, and indeed was fairly anti-cell-phone because even back then in the pre-smartphone days they were annoying. I had an in-between job driving the water taxis at Universal Orlando, and more often than not there was some guy in the front of the boat who had no idea he was on vacation, ignoring his family to look at work e-mail on his Blackberry. And I promised myself I'd never be that guy, you know? But I have to admit, they really do come in handy when I'm out and need to look something up online, and it's a lot easier to check and reply to the occasional critical work e-mail from home (or wherever) than to feel the need to go to the office. Not that I have a job that requires too much engagement after-hours, thankfully. Plus with the kids.. my wife still absolutely refuses to get a cell phone (I made the mistake of trying to giver her a pay-as-you-go phone as a gift once, and she just wasn't having it--back to the store it went), and I rather wish she would change her mind. What if she's out and about while I'm at work and the car breaks down or she has an accident or something, you know? Hasn't happened yet, but I feel the odds are that it will sometime, and that will change her mind about having a cell. Or maybe not, she's pretty stubborn. :)