Smart Phones

Upon returning from this year's Consumer Electronics Show (an electronics expo so large there is a transportation service that runs through the various buildings), my friend said that Smart Phones are the future of technology.

My flip-phone died last month (RIP) and I have finally decided that I would like to get up to speed with the world and use a Smart Phone. I feel that the way things work in the world is adjusting more and more to Smart Phone lifestyle. For example, I went to a restaurant the other day where you cannot call for reservations (you must email). I have seen QR-Codes blown-up very large and central on posters, alluding to the idea that the real information is to be had via your Smart Phone. I went to a concert in which you were supposed to pre-download an app that allows users to interact in a specific way with a song that would be played later in the show.

I am enjoying my phone and all of the things that are now much easier to do. I am also wondering what kinds of things I am getting lazy about and taking for granted...

Things I can now do with ease using my new phone:
-Use websites made for Smart Phones
-Deposit checks via pic message
-Navigate
-Know which direction I am walking/facing at all times (I love a compass, but usually do not carry a physical one)
-Know/check the weather at all times
-Shazaam! I can hear a song in public and get the name/info
-Digital lists with reminders
-Look up addresses while I am on the way there (before, I would look them up at home and plan my route at the beginning of the day)
-Check product information
-Find online coupons
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