Yes but, if they HAVE to have them there are proper ettiqute to having them.  If you put it on vibrate, it won't disturb anything, or even better, as my boss does lots of times, turn it off.  He's just not available.  Simple easy that way and it's his phone and his responisbility to be respectful in a meeting to not have the thing on especially if they have been specifically told not to.  Did your boss say NO phones or blackberry's allowed?  He shouldn't have to, but, if an emergency came up and if you weren't at your desk you would have never heard the end of it.

I don't like phones going off all over the place either, but sometimes they are a neccesity.  There has to be a proper protocol to follow.  Each place is different, but to ban them, is not the answer.

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