Ringtones and Phones

I was out having breakfast this morning and while waiting for my food I heard a snippet of a Country/Western song. It was loud and it was obnoxious and it was followed by, "I don't recognize that number. I wonder who it is. Hello..Oh hi..." In fact the restaurant was a loud mixture of Rap songs, Classical Overtures and ringing bells. I don't really mind people expressing their individuality but do they have to be so loud about it.
It wasn't all that long ago that if you saw someone seemingly talking to themselves you thought, or your mother told you to, stay away because that person is crazy. Now they are most likely talking on a Bluetooth Blackberry Razor whatever. We all complain about all the demands on our time and that we never have anytime for ourselves. Well, turn off your cell phone, leave the pager at home and put the Blackberry in your briefcase and leave it there. Isn't it interesting that only a few years ago movie theaters asked you take crying children out of the theater now they ask you to turn off your iPod, cell phone and pager. Do we really need to be that accessible all the time.
I don't want to sound like some old curmudgeon but my 5 year old grandson has a Motorola Razor phone with a 2 mega pixel camera. His mother gave it to him so he could call just in case. So now a 9 am on Saturday the phone rings and this little voice says "grandma can we talk. I just had a scary dream". Cute, I know, but just what are we setting our kids up for in the future. We already have the highest heart attack risks, cancer risks, diabetes risks and mental health issues of any of the industrialized nations. Are we doing our kids any favors by getting them plugged in so early in life.