Cell phones are great because of the capability to have GPS in the phone, the phone book that allows you access to important contact numbers, caller ID that lets you know who's calling so you can decide if you need to answer it or not, and Blue Tooth technology that allows me to answer my phone and keep working while I am having a conversation (although there have been many times when people thought I was some kind of lunatic because they can't see the blue tooth device in my ear). Cell phones have made the world so much smaller and safer. I don't have to worry about where my children are because I know I can contact them whenever I have a concern and they can always contact me even when I am away from home. My husband often works out of town and will be gone all week only coming home on weekends. Being able to contact each other whenever we need to during the day and in the evening makes this type of living situation so much less painful.
We all survived just fine before all this new technology arrived because everybody was in the same boat and it's all we knew. But, I don't think I would want to go back to not having it. Besides, the best part about it is, when I don't want it, I leave it all home, get in my RV and park by a lake somewhere and forget about it.