Reposted to clarify on several things.
I go to UofM Ann Arbor, and I think it just started the optional rule of professors not allowing their students to use their laptops while in class. I have an acquaintance who complained about it because she wants to go on Facebook whenever she gets bored in class. *rolls eyes* Another girl was complaining because she records lectures on her laptop. I see the legit complaint about the latter because I use my voice recorder whenever I can't keep up when I'm writing notes down. I would type my notes in class, but I'm not that quick of a typist either.

But complaining about texting? Fuck you, you entitled asshat.

I can't wait to be a professor in part because I'm very tempted to have the policy of reading a student's text if I see him/her texting while I'm lecturing. Of course, I will warn the students not to do this on the first day or two of class. The same would apply to Twitter, Facebook, or whatever social network will be popular.

I just wouldn't completely ban laptops because a lot of people are faster at typing than writing down their notes on paper