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Cell phones are a boon to modern society, there is no question of that. They have made it easier for parents to keep in contact with their children; they have released proprietors and bosses from the office and they offer hope to anyone who is stranded. It has been said that having a cell phone is the single biggest step to raising self-employed income in the Third World.

But it is not all great news, is it? Being constantly accessible to everybody can be a real nuisance. This is one of the drawbacks of cell phones. However, you may like to be available to some individuals, do you not, just not to everybody. So what can you do about it? There are a few methods to reduce your availability to everyone but the ones you want.

The first method to limit your availability to each Tom, Dick or Harry is to assign ringtones. Who do you want to be able to contact you? Let us assume: family 24 hours; friends 16 hours; office 8 hours everybody else 8 hours. That is four different ringtones and once you have learned them, you have successfully freed up a lot of your availability.

One point here, do not put your cell phone number on your business card, but when you leave the office each night have the office phone redirected to your cell phone. That way, your office phone’s ringtone will permit you to recognize work-related calls.

The second method to reduce availability is to implement profiles. Most cell phones permit you to put different profiles on timers. This means that you could run in silent mode for a third of the day, in loud mode for a third of the day and regular mode for a third of the day.

Different phones have profiles with different features, so you may be able to go even further than this. Read your cell phone manual to find out more. You might be able to turn voice mail on for certain ringtones, say, office phone, in certain profiles, say, silent mode, but always ring loud for others, perhaps, for family.

Another one of the drawbacks of cell phones is annoyance caused by lack of cell phone etiquette. Some people are downright rude in the manner they conduct themselves on their cell phones. In Britain a cell phone is known as a mobile, which is useful advice: if you are in company and your phone rings, get up and become mobile to somewhere where you will not bother those around you. Lack of cell phone etiquette annoys people everyday on public transport, in restaurants and in cinemas.

There are two other things that owners of cell phones should bear in mind: firstly, a ringing phone is only a signal that someone is asking to speak to you, you do not have to behave like a trained animal and drop everything that you are doing to answer it (ringtones can help here as well); and secondly, cell phones can be turned off or put in silent mode with the vibrator switched on, if necessary.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now involved with searching for free ringtones for mobile phones. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Family Plans For Cell Phones.

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