Brooklyn bound

I'm heading back to the city in a couple of hours. When I board my flight I intend to ask somebody from the Cleveland based Continental flight crew what affects not turning off ones cell phone have on the operation of the airplane. I think if a pilot ever wanted to hammer home the importance of passengers turning them off, all he would have to do is come over the intercom several minutes into the flight and say "this is your pilot from the flight deck, if everybody could do me a favor and double check to make sure their cell phones are turned off that would be great. All of our control panels seem to have gone blank, so if whoever left their cell phone on could go ahead and turn it off, that would be a big big help. Thanks." Don't act like you guys don't believe in white lies. Safety first. I'll author a full report after I speak to someone on my flight. Until then, be good.