I still have the telephone I bought in 1989 (the type that plugs into the phone jack in the wall). After years of resistance I finally bought a $30 cell phone. That is all the "connectivity" I could ever want. Sure, I really need a $1,000 phone that plays video games or whatever. I am no technophobe but I just do not understand how I could talk better on a $1,000 phone than I can with a $15 land line phone or a $30 cell phone. Do people buy $1,000 phones so that they can call up their friends and talk about their phone? Should I call everyone I know every time I buy a new lightbulb? To me a telephone is a utilitarian (read, dull) thing and I do not understand what all the fuss is about.
welcome to the 20th century.
There is far more possible with a feature rich phone. It untethers you from the wall jack, I allows thousands of contacts to be stored in your phone, text messaging (sms) is a godsend when you need to send a brief message without all the blah blah blah. In addition a simple 2 gig micro sd chip replaces any ipod and can connect your phone directly into your auto stereo.
For one using FR, i am surprised by your comments. They could just as easily equate with saying who needs the internet, network news is more than enough.