ABSTRACT
This chapter looks closely at the experience of phoning and assesses how this quality of person-centeredness—that allows to situate calls almost anywhere and move while still talking, and that allows to put all this capability on our person—alters our understanding of the physical relationships. Many studies on the use of mobile phones concern social dynamics and how these relate to the physical and geographical context in which calls are made and received. A phenomenological approach is taken in contrast to quantitative or cognitivist readings of how attention works during phone calls. It examines an interviewee's account of being at home using a mobile phone; a number of interesting introductory observations can be made in what is essentially a static situation. The chapter also looks at the effects of being mobile by considering an account of driving and competing activities, this time accompanying the activity of walking.
