Three little dots. That’s all that they are, just three little dots. However, I can’t figure them out. To give a little background on this conundrum, I received an email today and the sender kept using these dots in-between their sentences. For example:

“I’ll pick up that later…it shouldn’t be a problem. Let’s meet tomorrow to discuss it…3:00 works for me”.

Now traditionally, these dots can be used to indicate that more is to come, cliff-hanger style. For example, the conclusion of a mystery novel “And the killer is…..”. They are also used as a common convention in software such as Microsoft Office to indicate that further action is required. One example of this is the classic “Open…” option. The problem is that I don’t think the above sentence fits into either of these categories.

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When you sign up for a new cell phone service, there’s usually an option to get a free phone in the deal. The popular belief is that these free phones are what can be generously referred to as “base models”. This was my impression as well until I checked out WireFly. They offer some great deals on some actual, honest to god, nice free cell phones. Here’s a few that I’ve found to be particularly good deals:

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