Black-clad, steely eyed hipsters with cell phones circled one another like prizefighters, feigning indifference.
And let us assure you, it's not fun explaining to your kid why you can't play with them, or having them associate time with you as time you spend always at your computer, or scrolling through your phone or circling around the block one more time and tossing fruit snacks at them so you can finish up a conference call in peace and quiet.
The Cingular 3125, better known in phone-geek circles as the Star Trek because of its similarity to the communicators on the Starship Enterprise, is a full-featured smartphone in a cellphone's body.
You tilt the phone until the circle is lined up in the center of the crosshairs.
Well, rather than go to the hassle of making you press a button, Nokia have decided it's much easier to spin your phone in a circle to activate shuffle mode on the music player.
His phone number was circled in Biro.
When Kojo Ampah, 34, finds himself without weekend plans, he phones his wide circle of fellow expatriates to ask, "Hey, is there any funeral?" Generally come-one-come-all, the memorials have become larger and more frequent in recent years as New York City's Ghanaian population has grown and become more settled, community leaders say.
Circular video, enabled by the camera's 115-degree angle, is a totally unique feature that lets viewers rotate their phones in a circle while watching a video, giving them more perspective and a different experience each time they watch.
Windows Phone 7 users should circle the entire month of January on their calendar.
The phones lie in a circle together, winking and chirping like baby chicks demanding instant attention from their mothers.
