seems it has become a necessity for our kids, although the 15 year old is the only one that has one.
the middle schoolers are both into sports, coordinating pick up after games and track has become an issue. they travel pretty far so a sett return time is hard, they ahve to use the coaches phone.

i do not allow facebook or other social media, the ipod touch has been ok for a while as they can call their friends that have an ipod or iphone