Just as an FYI, smart phone thefts are pretty common. A friend of mine 
had her iPhone stolen last spring while she was sitting in a Starbucks 
grading papers. Someone came up to her table and smiled as if he were 
going to make conversation, but instead of saying hello, he grabbed the 
phone and ran. Since then, I've noticed that the newspaper caries one or 
two local cell phone theft stories most weeks. Mostly they describe 
incidents like my friend's or the man's in the piece Alfredo shared: 
someone has the smart phone in plain sight, and someone else snatches 
it. A few stories have been violent, however. At my local McDonald's, a 
teen was sitting on the curb texting in the afternoon when an assailant 
stabbed him and ran off with the device. Fortunately, I live in a 
questionable part of town, so witnesses chased the theif down and handed 
him over to the police.

Anyway, I'm posting this not to be alarmist, but to tell people they 
should be careful when using their devices in public. If you're not 
using it right now, stick it in a pocket, and if you need to use it, be 
aware of your surroundings and be ready to shove it back in.


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