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The cell phone has been draining the world's sperm supply for more than 35 years already. And yet, as ubiquitous as mobiles are today, so too are the dolts who still haven't grasped how to use one responsibly. For anyone who's ever gabbed at dinner, texted on the toilet, ruined a movie, or grossed out an elevator (just to name a few mobile no-nos), Switched presents the following guide of cell phone Dos and Don'ts. By all means, do us (and yourself) a favor and forward it on to your fondest offenders.

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DON'T Chat on the Job
Something troubling is happening to customer service in America. And, no, it's not that it's been deported to Mumbai. It's that on-the-clock cell phone use by service employees somehow come to be viewed as acceptable. Hey, guy in the red shirt: We're not sure which aisle at Target is home to bath towels, but maybe you can help us out once you're done recapping last night's game with your phone-friend. Hey, Starbucks barista: We didn't order a venti -- but hey, it's not your fault you're so darn popular. It's up to you bosses out there to sort this one out; ban all cell phone use while dealing with customers, period.

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DON'T Ruin the Movie
In addition to the power of oats, the Quakers believe in every human being's having an "inner light." (Hey, just like E.T.!) Unfortunately, increasingly bigger and brighter cell phone screens have strung us all with rather powerful outer lights, as well. And while you may be wise enough to know that talking on your cell phone during a movie is a big no-no, you might not realize that it's just as uncouth to illuminate the three rows in front and in back of you as you BBIM your BFF. Dude, movies are two hours, tops; you can't wait it out.

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DO Censor Your Handset
Some cell phone owners either completely missed the invention of the vibrating alert, or they want to unsubtly inform everyone around them of how incredibly busy they are. Which one are you? Not only does your phone ring every time a call comes in, but it sings for every text, e-mail, missed call, new voicemail, and tweet. Every. Fifteen. Seconds. And yet, we're the bad guy if we smack the phone out of your hand and tap dance on it. If you're at work, on a bus or train, at a restaurant or anywhere else where people are in earshot, put it on vibrate. Always.

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DON'T Put Us on Speaker
Short of shooting someone in the kneecaps, there's no quicker way to piss them off than to answer their call on speaker. What's going on? Did you want to impress us with the fact that you've got another person in the room? Congrats, you're important! Or are you going to use your hands to type e-mails while we chat? That's awfully considerate of you! Unless you're Ari Gold or missing limbs, save the speakerphone for alone time.

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DO Watch Where You're Going
In many states, it's illegal to text and drive. Yet it's perfectly lawful for you to SMS and e-mail while haphazardly walking into people, obstacles, and even traffic. It's all fun and games until someone falls down a manhole. (We call it instant karma.) But the point is, instead of weaving like a drunk on the sidewalk, step to the side, type your message, and then get on with the walk. [Teenager Falls Down Manhole While Texting and Walking]

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DON'T Include Us in Your Conversation
Exhibitionism in its worst form (Ashton Kutcher's Twitter life aside) is when you answer your cell phone in our presence and, as if that wasn't rude enough, proceed to try and loop us into your convo as if we're just dying to be included. You do this by rolling your eyes, whispering to us with your hand over the mouthpiece or generally looking to us for reactions to things we'd need Ben Stiller ears to hear. Don't do it; you're not fooling anyone with your faux inclusiveness, and really it's just annoying. Pick one person to speak with and act accordingly (see above).

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DO Keep it to Yourself
It must be the tight quarters that lead some cell phone users to confuse elevators with confessional booths. How else can you explain one's willingness to disclose personal and explicit details to a box crammed full of perfect strangers? You know who you are. You step in saying something like, "I'm getting on an elevator, so I might lose you." And, though obviously aware you're in an Otis and not a sorority house, you go on to report -- for all to hear -- the particulars surrounding last night's sexual encounter. Keep it in your pants! (The phone, that is.)

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DON'T Double Talk
There are a lot of you Bluetooth-strapped narcissists out there who think you're so amazingly efficient that you can carry on two conversations at once: one with someone face-to-face, and another with the person on the other end of your nerd dongle. No one can ever tell whom you're actually addressing at any given moment -- us, them, a drive-through attendant, God -- but that's just how VIPs roll, right? At least signal to and then turn away from others when you're taking a call. But, better yet, just leave the Bluetooth in the car.

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DO Excuse Yourself From Dinner
With so many sharp knives in such close proximity, we'd have thought you'd be at least a little cautious about texting or talking at the table. Yet some folks are just so self-absorbed, all the polite signs and dagger-throwing stares in the world won't penetrate the deflector shield of hubris they've built around themselves. Don't be a d-bag; take the call later, or excuse yourself and hit the pavement.

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DO Leave the Room
Time is valuable ... well, your time, anyway. Others'? Not so much, it seems. That's why you think it's OK to push the pause button on life itself in order to answer an incoming call -- without excusing yourself from the room. While you and your mystery caller catch up on old times as vintage as last night, you effectively hold everyone else in the room hostage -- rendering us unable to continue whatever it was we were doing until after your high-priority phone call has run its course. Buddy, take it outside or call back later.

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DON'T Speak From thy Throne
Cell phones, like sandwiches, rarely belong in the bathroom. But, maybe you didn't get the memo. You've mistaken those three-quarter toilet-stall walls for a fortress of solitude, affording you absolute privacy to not only clack away furiously on your phone keys, but to also carry on full conversations -- often punctuated by uproarious, albeit strained laughter. We're not sure what's more offensive: sitting in the stall adjacent to you, or being on the other end of the phone and hearing you flush. The toilet is a temple; treat it with respect.

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DO Know Your Own Ringtone
Some cell phone users are either blissfully oblivious or selectively deaf. Your cringe-inducing factory-set ringtone rings and rings and rings to the knuckle-whitening annoyance of everyone around you. And yet, despite hearing this very same chime emanate from your purse or pocket no fewer than ten times a day, you act like every time is the first time. You look around confused and eventually realize, all too late, that you yourself are the source of the racket. Cue the annoying "missed call" chirp!

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Jon Cryer
"No ma'am. The kid is the 'half.' Please add me to your do-not-call list."

Celebrities on Twitter

    Recently, media personalities have taken to celebrity Twitterers like fat kids to the neighborhood ice cream truck. But don't be fooled, dear readers. We here at Switched are the fattest on the block. So, without further ado, we present to you the most ridiculous, significant, misspelled and/or out-of-context tweets by the most recognizable folks we could find. Enjoy.

    Shaquille O'Neal
    "I'm goin to the alamo tomorro to get one of those daniel boone squirrel tail hats, I'm n san antonio, in case u didn't kno were the alamo is"

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    Tina Fey
    "I don't know why I even bother chewing corn anymore."

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    Ashton Kutcher
    "There's nothing cool about being a pimp. Pimp = Slave Owner"

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    Britney Spears
    "Britney went to Jerry's Deli last night for after shopping at Target. She had a black and white milkshake with dinner. Lauren"

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    John Tesh
    "JT is shopping with women. I need a guy film."

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    Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz
    "When I'm asleep on the inside only you get my acid washed mind."

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    President Barack Obama
    "We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks"

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    Senator John McCain
    "YEs!! I am twittering on my blackberry but not without a little help!"

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    John Cleese
    "Thinking about tooth decay..."

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Don Cheedle
"What's funny is that my agent told me 'Hotel for Dogs' was a sequel to 'Hotel Rwanda.'"

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James Lipton
"My service drops more calls than I drop names."

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Tony Parker and Spike Lee
"I'm contemplating a trade...to a different Desperate Housewife."

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Tom Cruise
"OMG. Katie escaped from cage? SOS!"

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Kanye West
"Hmm. I'm starting to rethink that 'Bears Wanted' ad on craigslist."

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Al Sharpton
"Don't make me hook up my bullhorn attachment."

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Spencer Pratt
"Yo Jesus, Check this fox out. Ltr dude!"

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Chris Brown
"I iz sorry."

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Lindsay Lohan
"I'll take coke any way I can get it. LOL."

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Fred Durst
"Wrong number. They wanted to talk to Vanilla Ice."

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Jamie Lynn Sigler & Shannon Elizabeth
"We just put out a wireless Amber alert on our careers."

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President Obama
"Yes, Joe. I realize what '80085' spells out on a calculator. Isn't it somebody's nap time?"

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Greta Van Susteren
"I'm going to use it to order my new face."

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Paris Hilton
"I just got a reminder! It says 'Keep 'em closed.'"

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Between having their tweets ghostwritten and hocking us digital cameras about which they know absolutely nothing, it's clear that today's modern celebrity is in love with technology. One thing they're often photographed with -- besides bottom-feeding hangers-on -- is the BlackBerry. Even our commander-in-chief can't keep his Crackberry jones hidden from the public eye. From A-list to Z-list, check out Switched's gallery of famous BlackBerry fiends, starting below.

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Sports to Go
Though probably not a deal breaker for the 'World of Warcraft' set, sports fans should be aware that AT&T has crippled the Sling Media app for iPhone. If you're not familiar with Sling, it's a set top box that allows you access to your home TV and DVR over the Web. If you purchase a season pass to watch your favorite games on TV, you can watch them via Sling even if you're 1,000 miles away from home. With a Sling app for both iPhone and BlackBerry, it stands to reason you can catch live games virtually anywhere. Oh, except that AT&T only allows iPhone users access to Sling over Wi-Fi, while BlackBerry users get to stream over Wi-Fi and 3G. Smells rather discriminatory to us.

10 Ways BlackBerry Beats the iPhone originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Removable Battery
It's a trend more troubling than Capri pants on men: Apple's total boycott of removable batteries across its entire product line. Stripping us of the right to bear backup batteries for our cell phones is something only Apple would ever have the hubris to do. Yes, a built-in power cell begets a smaller form factor, but at what cost? How useful is a trimmer iPhone when the thing goes limp after five hours of talk and there's not a thing you can do about it? The reality is, there are going to be times in life when a power outlet isn't immediately accessible. And in those times, it's sure nice to be able to swap a backup battery into every BlackBerry model available.

10 Ways BlackBerry Beats the iPhone originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Memory Card Slot
Internal memory on all BlackBerrys is meager at best. The Cadillac of iPhones, on the other hand, has 32-gigabytes (GB) of built-in memory, making its lack of an expansion slot a near non-issue. But, imagine being able to instantly double your iPhone's capacity with a 32GB SD card. That extra beef sure would come in handy with the new video goodies on the 3GS. Plus, there are plenty of situations in which an SD memory card slot would be nice: instantly moving media between a variety of devices, for one; or, printing photos at a kiosk without your PC playing middleman. The iPhone's Big Gulp hard drive is nice, but the microSD holes on BlackBerry are convenient and (almost) endlessly expandable. Internal or expandable, McDonald's or Burger King, Seacrest or Satan -- we'll leave this one to personal preference.

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Keyboards Options
Smartphone keyboards are kind of like your Senior Prom: Touching is good, but getting touched back is even better. You could do one-handed 'Dance Dance Revolution' on your iPhone all day and never know without using your eyes if you're actually pressing keys or not. Some folks don't mind such a one-sided relationship. A recent patent application filed by Apple hints at the possibility of haptic feedback on the iPhone touchscreen someday -- then again, that idea could already be dead and buried in the Apple patent graveyard. Whether you're tapping on a physical QWERTY keyboard or catching a buzz off of the Storm's tactile touchscreen, BlackBerry is the partner that gives back.

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Better E-mail and Corporate Integration
With the release of it's 3.0 operating system, the iPhone made some inroads toward being taken seriously as an enterprise device. But, its continued lack of offline access to e-mail should be a red flag for business users (not to mention anyone who wants to read and respond their e-mail in the middle of a flight or while on the subway). And, the fact is most CIOs and corporate IT managers still view Apple's phone as either a security vulnerability or a toy. RIM's platform is practically classic at this point. Buy a BlackBerry and there's a 99.9-percent chance it'll work with your company's e-mail. Pigs will fly before the iPhone gets that kind of deployment in the corporate sphere. Remember, the folks holding the keys to this castle are the same one who wet their pants at the very thought of upgrading your work computer past Internet Explorer 6.

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Tethering
Much like MMS, the ability to use your iPhone as a laptop modem was announced as part of the 3.0 software update -- it just wasn't actually included in it (for American iPhones, anyway). Unlike MMS, however, AT&T isn't even venturing a guess as to when tethering might be available. What's more, AT&T PR folks won't confirm if tethering is going to be allowed on all iPhone models or if it'll just be for the 3GS. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to deduce from the title of this article that, yes, tethering has long been possible on AT&T with several BlackBerry models. Hey, even Watson could have figured that one out.

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Multimedia Messaging (MMS)
Maybe multimedia messaging (MMS) isn't important to you. Then again, how else are you supposed to convince friends of how adorable Mr. Peepers looks in the mini-sombrero you bought for him on your vacation? Yes, MMS is on its way to the iPhone by the end of summer, but what's that? Another two months? The fact that this feature hasn't been available on the iPhone since launch is laughable; it makes you wonder how slowly AT&T will be to add new services and technologies to future iPhone models. For BlackBerry users on AT&T, it's a non-issue.

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Multitasking
One thing's for certain, the iPhone is all about choices. For example, should you browse the Web, or should you send a text message? Should you play a video game, or should you update your Facebook status? Unlike BlackBerry (and the Palm Pre), the iPhone doesn't allow third-party (and many first-party) apps to run in the background, thereby forcing us to do things one at a time. Read an e-mail. Close. Update Twitter feed. Close. Listen to Pandora. Close. Meanwhile, BlackBerry users get to walk and chew gum at the same time -- and that Bubblicious smells mighty good.

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Choice of Device
Apple makes one iPhone -- a few more if you count the older models and various capacities that are available. But, they all look almost exactly the same. You know what that sound is when you put your ear up to a seashell? It's not the ocean. It's the resonating echo of the world's collective sigh of disappointment when the iPhone 3GS was announced and not a single cosmetic change had been made. For those interested in such luxuries as "options" and "individuality," we count no fewer than nine vastly different BlackBerry models, including touchscreens and QWERTYs, clamshells and candy bars.

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Choice of Carrier
We're not sure where AT&T is getting its claim of having "more bars in more places" (maybe the same wishing well where Microsoft got its "people-ready software"), but in our experience, in locales all over the country, AT&T's coverage is plagued by more holes than a Swiss cheese dartboard. Unfortunately, with the iPhone, you've got no other choice (at least for now). BlackBerry, on the other hand, is available on every major U.S. carrier, and loads of smaller ones, too.

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Like a child star making the inevitable transition from puberty to probation, the two biggest names in the smartphone game also suffer from some serious identity issues. The BlackBerry is by nature a business device trying desperately to appeal to consumers, while the iPhone is the ultimate consumer trinket clamoring for acceptance in the corporate world. Neither one is categorically better than the other. Each excels at certain tasks and falters when it comes to others. Which one you should purchase depends wholly on the features your lifestyle requires. And with that little disclaimer out of the way, here are ten areas in which the BlackBerry spanks the iPhone. (Stay tuned to Switched for the other side of the argument, in which the iPhone spanks the BlackBerry.)

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