d21lewis said:
Probably not going to sell you on a smartphone but my phone was free as long as I signed up for a two year contract (which means it wasn't really free). It's not just a phone--it's a full fledged PC in the palm of your hands! If you can do it on a PC, you can do it on a smart phone. I don't think I could ever survive without mine now that I've learned what it can do.
- I can take a photo of something and the phone will look it up online
- It has full fledged Netflix (which doesn't interest you. I know.)
- If a song is playing, I can just hold up my phone and it will look up the song, the artist, the album, the lyrics, etc.
- GPS has guided me on several road trips
- I can program my DVR to record a show in seconds
- download digital comic books and mp3's in seconds
- browse the web (including this site) without losing a single feature
- print a picture by syncing it to a nearby printer
- Free internet radio like Last.FM, Pandora, etc.
I've barely scratched the surface of what these things can do! Smartphones are different but they make pretty much everything unneccesary. Everybody I work with has one. I didn't even want one when I bought one. I was happy with my PSP. When my coworkers showed me what I was missing, I was amazed. It's cool if you don't want one but don't knock it 'til you try it!
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There are in your list some interesting features, like the DVR programming one and taking a photo and having it searched (I didn't know that capability is already up and running reliably though). I don't like the GPS trend the workd is taking, I much prefer to use a map but figure out where I am and what route to take myself; I know I will be defeated by GPS eventually, but not yet.
Anyway, I like what Smartphones can do, and it's all cool and great, but I just don't (really) want one.
