Please Hold the Phone

December 29th, 2008

[Carriers prepare for an explosion of cell phone use inauguration day in Washington D.C.]

By Cecilia Kang (Washington Post) — “When President-elect Barack Obama takes stage in a few weeks to deliver his inauguration address, no doubt many of the estimated 2 million people expected to gather on the Mall will simultaneously hold their cellphones aloft to snap and send photos, call friends and family, and send text messages like, “omg, yes we did!” “