31.   And then there are phones.

32.   Anyone who has reached for a ringing cell phone or dialed while at the steering wheel knows the phones are distracting.

33.   And, Mattes added, the providers must pay fees to the owners of the land where the phone is located.

34.   Another reason the phones are expected to give PCs a run for their money?

35.   At Agence Contact Location at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, the phones are off the hooks, according to salesman Lionel Rougeron.

36.   At that price, some experts question whether even well-heeled businessmen will use the service as more than a last resort, if no other phones are available.

37.   At the end of the line was a phone that was emitting a familiar, gentle beep.

38.   At the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kan., co-owner Richard Carrothers said the phones had not been that big of a problem.

39.   Axtel phones are wireless and quickly installed because they are not connected to the existing copper-line grid.

40.   Battery chargers, like those used for cellular phones, continue to use energy even when there is no phone plugged in.