> During the day, almost everyone has a smart phone out. I've never had a problem, never expect to.

This pretty much summed up my feeling about crime on the subway until I got mugged in a full train during normal commuting hours. One mugging does not a crime wave make, of course, but apparently grand larcenies on the subway are up 18% in New York year over year:

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/04/21/iphones-fuel-spik...