[Westbrook]

A lot of folks buy iPhones and other “smart” phones as fashion statements.

They don’t really need them.

My cell phone is just a simple cell phone. I’m in business, and I don’t text or surf the web with my phone.

I actually get annoyed when I receive email that ends with, “Sent from my iPhone” or “Sent from my Blackberry”.

I realize the noisome appliance adds that line, but why would I want anybody to know what I used to send the email? That alone is enough to keep me away from them.

Then there are the snooping issues with “smart” phones. In a way, you’re volunteering to have your location tracked by Mother Google or the Big Apple.

[I see my hands]

"I receive email that ends with, “Sent from my iPhone” or “Sent from my Blackberry”. I realize the noisome appliance adds that line"

That sig is easily removed by the user.

I use an LG dumb flip phone that I've had for at least five years, maybe seven if I go by the SN. I'll likely get the new iPhone when it comes out, I think in September, as I'll be off grid with only cellular data available to me.

[Inyo-Mono]

I actually get annoyed when I receive email that ends with, “Sent from my iPhone” or “Sent from my Blackberry”.

I with you! I too have just a simple phone. If I want to surf the net, I just go home and sit in front of my 23" HD monitor. The "Sent by my..." thing bugs me too, so I made up a grungy looking typeface that I tag onto to my e-mails that reads: "Set from my typewriter."