Do you have a smartphone?

[Rogue Nine]

With electronic media becoming more advanced each day, everyday people now have access to what was once reserved for businessmen in expensive suits. How many of you have smartphones? And just how many of you are smart enough to use it for anything beyond Facebook?

[mimartin]

Yes, but I got it for games.

[acdcfanbill]

Nope, they are D. U. M. dumb! also, expensive time/money wasting objects

[Darth Avlectus]

WHAT is a smartphone?

 

I don't like cellphones. Period. I only got one from NET10 once b/c of emergencies. When you have inconsiderate people that call you at all hours it tends to piss you off. Or people you don't want to be in contact with you 24/7. I let it die and good riddance.

 

I hear all about how a company requires it of you. It's only really because they want to continue to make you work UNCOMPENSATED while at home.

 

You're getting all hot and bothered at 11:30PM on a friday and about to get jiggy with your current squeeze, then you suddenly get that dreaded ring/text from your employer "I'm going to need you to do this, that and the other thing, and have that all that done tonight before you come in early tomorrow, mmkay? Yeah that would be great."

 

It's like "WTF is this crap?" straight out of an "Office Space" nightmare on meth and steroids.

[Alexrd]

Nope, they are D. U. M. dumb! also, expensive time/money wasting objects

 

This.

[Pho3nix]

I like to keep my cellphones simple... I don't like the idea of cramming EVERYTHING important into one device you're reliant on. I keep my music player and phone separate for that reason.

[Astor]

Voted no. I think they are dumb, but also a little too expensive for a glorified phone.

 

And I can access Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, News, and even LF on my non-smart phone.

[Miltiades]

I'm not addicted to Facebook, Twitter and other stuff that I'd need something so I could access it all the time. Really, I only need a cellphone to call or text people, nothing else.

[Darth InSidious]

I have a semi-smartphone that I use for making calls, and connecting my (decidedly elderly) Palm to the internet. The Palm gets used for the organising and facebook-style stuff.

[LordOfTheFish]

I have one but I only have it for recreational purposes. It's outdated and discontinued anyway so it's no better than a flip phone.

[Jeff]

I'll be getting one once I get out of school and get a job, right now I don't want to pay for the data plan.

[Sabretooth]

I'm a smartphone.

[purifier]

Well, sometimes I'm a smartass on the phone. Does that count?

 

I guess I'm too old fashioned otherwise, because I rather use landline phones and Ham radios.

[Liverandbacon]

My personal phone is nice and simple. It is compact, can text and call. All I want or need. Work-supplied phones have varied. Many have been smartphones. Call me a Luddite if you must, but I prefer more basic phones.

[Darth333]

I have one but I use it mainly for business: it makes the briefcase much lighter. It's also practical when you need to get a specific info during a meeting.

 

I hear all about how a company requires it of you. It's only really because they want to continue to make you work UNCOMPENSATED while at home.

 

You're getting all hot and bothered at 11:30PM on a friday and about to get jiggy with your current squeeze, then you suddenly get that dreaded ring/text from your employer "I'm going to need you to do this, that and the other thing, and have that all that done tonight before you come in early tomorrow, mmkay? Yeah that would be great."

Just leave it in the car (not your current squeeze, the phone ) and pretend the battery had to be recharged...all this while you "recharge" (or discharge) yours else elsewhere...

 

Anyway, I still prefer to be uncompensated at home than at the office: this tool allows me to leave the office at "human" time (there is no compensation for professionals here). I still do the car trick though...especially since I have to pay for the plan.

[ChAiNz.2da]

Love my phone (iPhone). I use it for everything. Mostly for work.. but I admit there is a copy of Angry Birds and Facebook on it

 

Take it, rather than a notebook, to all of my creative meetings. All notes of upcoming projects are with me at all times since (like D3) I'd rather be uncompensated at home rather than chained to my edit suite. Plus.. all of the kewl tools are at my house.. hehehe. Having the project notes with me 24/7 is great. Being linked with a Dropbox server at work and home allows me to take my clips everywhere I go.

 

Have a few apps for Final Cut as well which has been a godsend. Have an app for doing rough cuts, papercuts and storyboards. Have apps for some photo and still work as well. A great convenience for me and my line of work. Beats having to trudge over to my desktops just to spit out a 30sec rough cut. Plus I can stream the stuff wirelessly using airplay to our huge-gantic displays.

 

Granted, I'm a mac guy, and my home & workplace is mac oriented.. so the iPhone was an excellent choice for me. I have friends with Droids and Blackberries and some of the stuff they can do is astounding as well. So no matter what your niche is.. smartphones offer much more than tetris & bejeweled nowadays.. hehe

 

Love mine.

[Mav]

I voted, Yes I use it for work, but actually it's more like I use it at work so I can read my daily news during breaks. Stuff like Kotaku, Joystiq and porn.

[Darth Avlectus]

Just leave it in the car (not your current squeeze, the phone ) and pretend the battery had to be recharged

That would not have flew. But I was looking for the reason/excuse to not come back.

...all this while you "recharge" (or discharge) yours else elsewhere...

Hmm? What are you implying D3?

 

EDIT: I hope saber isn't jealous!

 

Anyway, I still prefer to be uncompensated at home than at the office: this tool allows me to leave the office at "human" time (there is no compensation for professionals here). I still do the car trick though...especially since I have to pay for the plan.

 

Maybe now I might agree being somewhat self employed.

 

I was sort of framing it in a past job but in a now sitch. Back then I wasn't on my own time unfortunately. It was just the boss' way of avoiding paying his workers overtime while still tightening the noose. So I left instead when the cyclical seasonal period ended in cutbacks.

 

Still, I won't get a smartphone. Gives the outside world too much access.

[Lynk Former]

I don't see the point of having a smartphone mostly because I don't see the point in them... I mean for me.

 

On the other hand, I'd love to have a tablet... maybe a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 when it comes out down here...

 

[Jae Onasi]

Love my droid. It lets me skype at work in between patients now! And Angry Birds is freaking hilarious. I also love epocrates--it lets me look up medications and double check that there aren't any medication interactions I have to worry about.

 

I'm also a weather fanatic, so I now can see the weather radar properly, unlike on my old phone which refused to display it at all.

[urluckyday]

I buy smart phones that don't require data plans mostly because Verizon is waaaay overpriced. I just love full keyboards and smart phones almost always have excellent keyboards (I text a lot).

[Darth_Calo]

I don't have one, but I want one. Trouble is, Verizon's Data Plan system is rediculous. "this phone requires a $30 a month data plan." "this simpler phone requires a $15 a month data plan." "$30 a month gets you unlimited data...oh, wait, now that we've got the iPhone, it doesn't."

[Allronix]

Blackberry here - and it's GREAT for pulling up bus schedules.

[Prime]

I have Samsung Galaxy phone. Love it.

[Wookiee Rrudolf]

Yes, I have a smartphone. Mostly for e-book reading, playing some games and checking XKCD.com (I even have special app for this) which all count as fun.

Oh, and what's this 'Facebook' thing?