The Cell Phone article

I actually enjoyed reading the cell phone article that handles some of McLuhan's laws/media ecology. I myself have that same type of analogy when I've been in a public restroom and a guy walks in to a stall. Out of nowhere he begins talking on his phone with one of those ear pieces. He pretty much says every day stuff and thought he was talking to me when he said "how are you doing today?" If we do apply McLuhan's laws to cell phone technology, what astounds me the most is what happens when someone becomes enslaved by the phone. In this case, it would fall under Reverses. If cell phones are supposed to free one up, it's pretty interesting how for some, it does the complete opposite of that. Before the cell phone really took off, I remember people saying similar things for beepers for businessmen.