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* A man arrested in Egypt was able to contact his bosses for help by using his cell phone and Twitter to announce what had happened. The people on his Twitter follow list contacted people in the US and got him released.

* Cell phones with cameras are banned from gyms so that people can't take pictures of other gym goers in the shower and post them to the internet, cell phone cameras generally now all play an audible sound when taking photos due to concerns about peeping toms and [[The Chikan|subway perverts]].

* Flash Mobs are assembled on short notice via ~~textmessaging~~.

* Flash Mobs are assembled on short notice via text messaging.

* If something was filmed in the [[The Nineties|late '90s]] or [[Turn of the Millennium|early '00s]] in the UK, expect to see a Nokia 5110 (known as the Nokia Brick for its size, weight and indestructibility). The first phone to crack the mass market~~, the best-selling handset of all time (a record it still holds)~~ and fondly remembered by phone enthusiasts. You'll know it when you see it. The 5110, and its successors the 3210 and 3310, were so ubiquitous that [[The BBC]] could show them without censoring the brand name and not be accused of [[Product Placement]].

* If something was filmed in the [[The Nineties|late '90s]] or [[Turn of the Millennium|early '00s]] in the UK, expect to see a [[Nokia]] 5110 (known as the Nokia Brick for its size, weight and indestructibility). The first phone to crack the mass market and fondly remembered by phone enthusiasts. You'll know it when you see it. The 5110, and its successors the 3210 and 3310, were so ubiquitous that [[The BBC]] could show them without censoring the brand name and not be accused of [[Product Placement]].

** It's since been surpassed by the [[wikipedia:Nokia 1100|Nokia 1100]], which is smaller, every bit as indestructible, and with over 200 million units shifted is said to be the single best-selling ''consumer electronic device'' ever.

** Prior to the [[media:Nokia Brick.jpg|Nokia Brick]] was the even more ~~bricklike~~ [[media:Motorola Brick.jpg|Motorola DynaTAC]], the earliest cell phone. First released in 1983, it weighed almost two pounds, was 10 inches long and came with a whopping price tag of $4,000. It mostly shown in fiction now as a joke. In an '80s setting it's used to show off someone's wealth, while doubling as a sight gag because it's so ridiculously huge. If it's shown in the '90s (say after the Nokia phones came out), their intention is to show the character is a loser who can't afford the newer, lighter Nokias.

** Prior to the [[media:Nokia Brick.jpg|Nokia Brick]] was the even more brick-like [[media:Motorola Brick.jpg|Motorola DynaTAC]], the earliest cell phone. First released in 1983, it weighed almost two pounds, was 10 inches long and came with a whopping price tag of $4,000. It mostly shown in fiction now as a joke. In an '80s setting it's used to show off someone's wealth, while doubling as a sight gag because it's so ridiculously huge. If it's shown in the '90s (say after the Nokia phones came out), their intention is to show the character is a loser who can't afford the newer, lighter Nokias.

** And then there's equally iconic, if less ubiquitous [[wikipedia:Motorola RAZR|Motorola RAZR]], a classic clamshell that for much of the 00's held the title of thinnest and most stylish phone around.

* [[Hugh Jackman]] and [[Daniel Craig]] called out an audience member whose cellphone ringer went off in the middle of a stage performance. Many stage actors will do this, and sometimes without breaking character.