While smartphone users worry about mobile hacking and other security threats that are making news these days, psychologists and others are concerned about another equally troubling issue -- the growing obsession among people who would much rather interact with their smartphones than with other human beings.

"Watching people who get their first smartphone, there's a very quick progression from having a basic phone you don't talk about to people who love their iPhone, name their phone and buy their phones outfits," said Lisa Merlo, director of psychotherapy training at the University of Florida.

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1. Scatcatpdx wrote: I been doing this since the days of a pagers: I call it my electronic leash. As I write thsi a better name is ball n’ chain. July 27, 1:08 pm | [comment link]

2. julia wrote: I named my Roomba Irobot (robot vacuum cleaner). July 27, 3:03 pm | [comment link]

3. Teatime2 wrote: Hahaha, Julia, me, too! Rosie, after the robot maid in the Jetsons. July 27, 3:18 pm | [comment link]

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