[Discuss] [OT] Smart Phones

[markw at mohawksoft.com (Mark Woodward)]

I think I was the last human being above the age of 16 to get a smart 
phone. Android, of course. I think the people who claim that they are 
"life changing" are using more than a bit of hyperbole. As I think about 
it, it really isn't a "phone" so much as a wireless personal computer 
that happens to have a telephone application. Still, its pretty useful.

Thinking about it, it is a proper evolution from the phone. The phone 
has become obsolete. Teenage girls don't spend hours on the phone 
anymore. They spend hours texting. As more and more of our 
communications becomes "written," the more these types of devices become 
the norm. I can text and email coworkers easier than I can speak with 
them. With all the various accents and nationalities, verbal 
communications can be quite difficult. I can think as I write much 
easier than when I speak.

So, yes. As you walk through crowds of people, every single one of them 
looking at their "phone," we have certainly rounded a corner in human 
communications.

Any opinions?