My suspicions have been confirmed: Cats need cell phones. If you think cats aren't smart enough to have cell phones, think again. Intelligence has never been a requirement for using a cell phone.

As a matter of fact, cats are a market that has been long overlooked for wireless technology.

I first realized that cats need cell phones when I called home and left a message on the answering machine for my cat. "Frank, hello kitty," I said, "I can't come home until late tonight, so go ahead and eat dinner without me. Serve yourself from the cat food bag." Then it occurred to me that she might not be near the answering machine to hear my message. And if she was listening, she was probably wondering why I was hiding inside the answering machine.