David,

<How is it different for someone to be having a conversation via
their mobile phone than someone having a conversation with someone
physically present next to you?>

if someone was having a conversation with someone else who is in the
audience: that is just plain rude (didn't we learn that in primary school?)
- and if they are on the phone while in the audience (be it in a meeting,
classroom or other forum) that is equally rude.

So i'm not sure it's the medium that's the problem (phone versus physical),
rather the act!



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