(1) I'm quite certain that it's just a matter of time before hand-held cell phones are a thing of the past. (2) They are simply too impractical. (3) Sure, today nearly one in two people on the street has one held to the ear, but that won't last. (4) The main problem with cell phones is obvious: they require the use of one hand. (5) This makes anything else you do—shop, ride your bike, walk to school—that much more awkward. (6) Also, they're too easy to lose or have stolen. (7) How many times have you put down a cell phone, even for a minute, and forgotten where you put it? (8) No, hand-held cell phones will soon be a distant memory, like 8-track tapes and LPs. (9) Before long, we'll all have tiny phone receivers in our ears, the size of computer chips, and the only place you'll see cell phones is in museums.