Why Having a Smart Phone is so Smart!
The other day my 9 year old son was nosing around my office and found a small device inside a small cloth bag and asked me what is was. Well I explained to him I used to have a PDA (of course I had to explain what a PDA is) and that if I put this on the front of the PDA I could take pictures with it.
Of course my son thought it was funny that I could not do this on my phone. I remember when I bought my PDA (For several hundred dollars!) that I commented this should all be merged into a phone.
Well today I have a smart phone – which my 15 year old son remarked on Facebook is wasted on me because I am old and primarily use it to play cards on. Now I am an old dog and new tricks do not come easy but think about all the things my smart phone has replaced:
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My Office Phone – I only use one phone – My cell Phone.
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A secretary to answer the office phone when I am out.
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The Pager – I used to carry a Pager; even for a while when I first had a cell phone as the cell phone was so expensive I had my secretary page me for important calls and then I would call them back.
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My old large bulky and expensive cell phone.
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My PDA, which replaced my day planner.
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Documents and forms.
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Reading material.
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Maps. I used to have a car full of maps of different areas.
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My Camera.
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My video camera
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A Level.
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A Compass.
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Hand held/carried coupons.
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A deck of cards for when I am bored.
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CD's and Tapes for the car, being tied to the radio stations I can get in the car.
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Having to Check e-mail on the computer.
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Text have replaced many phone calls.
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Pictures in my wallet are now pictures on my Smart Phone
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Address book.
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Tape Recorder and tapes.
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Alarm – Reminder
Now I am sure there are more things the phone has replaced for some people. I can get my Supra Box key on the phone if I want and I know some people do not carry money – just cash on the smart phone app; but I am not there yet.
These are 21 real things I have carried with me in this job and my prior job that I know longer need on a day to day basis as long as I have my smart phone with me. What are some things you can do with out now?
Oh ya – I can follow my teenagers smarmy comments about me on Facebook on my phone!
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