I looked at the call registers on my mobile phone today, leading to two questions:

1. Why have I got a mobile phone?
2. What does everyone else find to talk about?

The sad fact is that my call registers showed that, so far in 2009, I have made three calls and received two.  One of the outward calls was not answered and one of the incoming was Chas calling me after getting the missed call, so a total of four conversations in the first 15 days of the year…

I have probably sent and received a lot more texts though.  Is there a market for a text-only mobile phone, or a text and email/internet-only device?  Must be if my Blackberry experience is anything to go by: I was quite happy using it only for text and email and never regretted the un-enabled phone option.

It is not a freak circumstance either.  I don’t like talking on the phone, especially on a mobile phone in a public place. (would that more people were the same!)   Are there others like me though?  When techno-pundits go wild about the latest way to use a computer and Internet connection to do free phone calls, how many people have devices ostensibly for phone calls (often free within limits) but use every function except talk?

I certainly feel justified in not having a contract phone: pay-as-you-go top-ups last me ages.  The ironic thing is that I pay for texts but most of my phone calls are free: thanks to an option on Jayne’s phone contract I can call her, Chrystal or Frankie for nothing.  Not sure why I persist in using texts to them.

Or maybe its just a sign that I need more friends…