Perhaps people don't see phones as something to enjoy but only as a purely functional object. I find phone envy to be completly bizzare.

Phones are the new cars in this respect

I have had one for about 5 months and dont see what the fuss is about yes its useful to have all this mobile internet and everything but wouldn't say i was addicted to it.

maybe if I had the playstation phone that is out soon that could change.

I used to be addicted to my iPhone but looking to get the Xperia Play once my contract is up in May.

I bought my iPhone last year and since then my wife has been telling me off for being on it all the time. 3 weeks ago she got herself an iPhone and now she's exactly the same.

I think it's the fact you have access to everything instantaneously rather than having to switch on your PC/laptop, wait for it to load up and for software to open. Before I had my phone I very rarely used things like Facebook or email (except from work) but now I'm on them all the time, plus the fact you can just dip in and out of games for a minute here a minute there.