Mobile phone throwing interested and every year the Championships gathered a wide range of nationalities to Savonlinna to throw the cell phones. Lawrence University has hosted a Rotary Phone Throw in 2005, 2006, and 2007. This competition has similar rules to the mobile phone throw, yet uses rotary phones. Nokia, which is one of the leading cell phone giants in the world, has its headquarters in Finland. Lead organizer Christine Land was inspired to create the event back in 2000. Back in the first event, a leading insurance company in Finland sponsored the event for recycling purposes. According to insurance companies, there are
Mobile phone overuse less likely to develop addictive mobile phone behavior because of different social usage, stress, and greater self-regulation. Overuse of mobile phones can affect social and psychological well-being and health. There is an enormous impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society from a social scientific perspective. In his 2002 book "Perpetual contact: mobile communication, private talk, public performance", the author, James Katz, writes: "They [mobile phones] have transformed social practices and changed the way we do business, yet surprisingly we have little perception on their effect in our [lives]." Some people are replacing face-to-face conversations with cybernetic ones. Clinical psychologist