About half of the troupe's members carried cell phones and most checked e-mail regularly.
We checked e-mail, watched for storms on weather Web sites, and looked for directions on Google Maps.
"I checked e-mail and voice mail first thing every day and then again late in the afternoon".
An annoyed-looking German couple in their late 40s carrying Mandarina Duck bags (him) and Louis Vuitton (her) checked out as I checked e-mail in the lobby.
During my Internet-less weeks, in desperate moments, I checked e-mail on my Kindle's wireless connection, which is complimentary (to encourage e-book purchases).
On a bench outside a coffee house, Ossie Gabriel, 44, a nurse practitioner, waited for a friend and checked e-mail "to kill time".
A third of more than 5,300 workers polled in May by Yahoo HotJobs, a career research and job listings Web site, said they frequently checked e-mail in meetings.
As anyone who has ever checked e-mail from a bathroom stall or browsed eBay from a chairlift can attest, what once occurred in just one space now happens in practically every space.
They got their news from a battery-powered radio and checked e-mail by walking two blocks to a spot in front of a nearby deli that somehow offered a cellular connection.
And it was sheer accident, I know you'll understand, that we took turns standing in that bush, attracting thorns and every mosquito in Weston, as we checked e-mail and phone messages and texted friends and colleagues.
Once in the room, I sat down and checked e-mail as Ben headed to the tray of fruit on the table.
