Craze Of Cells!

Can you imagine your life without a cell phone? If not, you have plenty of company. Nearly 20 percent of Pakistani teens (24 percent of girls, 15 percent of boys) own a wireless phone, according to a study conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited. And those numbers are expected to double in the next year.Even though we have cellular phone stores on practically every street corner we're just catching on to the cell phone craze found in places like Finland and other parts of the world. In thPakistan, about 28 percent of the population uses mobile phones, compared to 67 percent in Finland, where teens refer to there wireless phones as “mobile,” which means “extension of the hand.”Sarah Khan, an eighth-grader who is home schooled, says she doesn't use her phone very often, but when she does she finds that she somehow gets carried away. “One time, an automated voice came on while I was on the phone and told me I had gone 80 percent over my spending limit. My parents don't usually make me pay for the time I use the phone, but I know I'll be paying for that call.”