The Times: Can’t talk now, doll — I’m on the phone

Out on a date, I updated friends every few minutes about how it was going

Obsessive Mobile Disorder: social malady or just bad manners, wonders Richard Woods

In years to come, when mutated humans are born with cellphones wired into their brains, it may be perfectly normal to converse with two people at once while texting a friend, checking your Facebook status and surfing the web.