Holger,   
      
   HG>I don't want to have email on my cell phone, much less do I want/need a   
   HG>smartphone.   
      
     I've got it to check the weather radar when I'm away from home on   
   errands (since I'm doing all the driving for my elderly Mom now), and   
   for using Echolink. That Radarscope app is sweet...plus, I found a   
   website with "realtime lightning strikes"...very nice.   
      
   HG>My cellphone is sort of a emergency radio after the repeater activity   
   HG>here has gone down to almost nothing. Previously I did carry a handie   
   HG>talkie in a shirt pocket or on the belt but nowadays there's nobody to   
   HG>rely on if you need help yourself or to somebody else.   
      
     Every time I got on a repeater in the area, I was always interfered   
   with. Someone, or some individuals do NOT want me on the air...yet, they   
   are too COWARDLY to admit they are doing it...let alone tell me WHY they   
   have a grudge with me.   
      
     I operate OUTSIDE of Arkansas...mainly via Packet (Via Telnet),   
   Echolink (single user setup), D-Star (via DV Dongle), and D-Rats.   
   Because of antenna prohibitions at my apartment, I have to operate   
   "VoIP", as it were.   
      
   HG>My spare/free time is too valuable to me to be spoiled by continuously   
   HG>being available.   
      
     The email on the cellphone is the one I use for D-Rats...but, it's a   
   secondary email to my main account...which is the one I use for   
   examinees to contact me for my ham radio license exam sessions.   
      
     As for being available, the P)age The Sysop function on the BBS is   
   ALWAYS turned off. I find it better for folks to leave me a message with   
   their question/comment, then I can get back with them.   
      
   Daryl, WX1DER   
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