So you’re eyeing the forthcoming HTC Touch Diamond but you can’t justify the expense of yet another cell phone? Well maybe you are forgetting that far from being just the happy go lucky browser of choice newer models such as the iPhone and N78 are well worth it, for productivity reasons of course.

Below are 9 reasons why a cell phone is no longer a luxury but a necessity.

1. Communication. If you want to disappear without a trace you could do worse than go without a mobile phone. The days of waiting patiently for a late friend, missing a rescheduled meeting or heaven-forbid, waiting outside a phone booth are long since past.

2. Ideas. Whether you are a rabid networker or simply a rush hour poet chances are you find yourself sans pen and paper when ideas occur to you. With your mobile you need never forget another Haiku with a range of options for storage or even email yourself.

3. Keeping track. With summer sneaking up there’s plenty of idle threats to turn over a new leaf whether its weight loss, exercise or simply saving a little extra cash. Why not use our phone to track these goals Fitday to start tracking your diet and workouts or Buxfer for tracking your spending.

4. Get on top of your bills. Most companies offer cell phone services allowing you to pay our bills through our cell phone. Why go to the bank or post office?

5. To do lists. If you can’t remember where you left your keys its likely other important pieces of information are being forgotten. Will you remember? Why not use your cell phone to set up a reminder.

6. Best Price. Deal of the century? Why not do one last check using Frucall, you can get a quick glance at what the item would cost at Amazon, Yahoo Shopping, etc.

7. Alarm. We’ve all found ourselves hurriedly dashing from Hotel rooms to the airport or from bed to the office due to unexpected sleep-ins. Why not take advantage of one of your phones simplist but most important features and rest easy.


8. Contacts. One of the most valuable things on your phone is the contact information. When it comes to a lost phone it can be a nightmare locating numbers again especially for those chance meetings. Do yourself a favor and back-up your phone contacts.

9. New phone. Of course most of these features are on your existing phone so now you need a reason to dish out for a new phone. No 3G? No GPS? Sudden microwave related catastrophy? It can happen you know.

TV fans will be like kids in a candy store with the release of the Willcom 03 smartphone 1-seg device in brain exploding color options.

Featuring a 3″ 800×480 touchscreen display, WinMo 6.1 OS, 2 megapixel camera, built-in 1seg mobile Tv tuner, WiFi, Bluetooth and 256 MB flash memory with microSD expansion option the new kid on the block makes its appearance at the end of June in Japan.