Your life probably changed when you got your first smartphone.
At first, the switch from a flip phone to a smartphone may have been intimidating. All those apps. What did they do? Even simple functions may have baffled you.
Still after a few questions got answered by your friends already using smartphones, you began to appreciate what it’s like to be digitally omniscient. At that point, you may even have gotten a little protective about your gadget and bought a Lander Powell case to protect it.
7 Things to Love
Here are 7 things to appreciate about your smartphone:
1. Information when you need it.
Laptops are great, tablets are nifty, but nothing makes it easier to surf the web than a smartphone that fits into the palm of your hand.
You can easily access the information you need to know:
- · When you need to look up something because it relates to the business discussion you’re having.
- · When you’re stuck in traffic, missed the ballgame and wondering who won.
- · When you’re at a store and you need to buy something from the store but can’t remember the brand name
- · When you’re checking out at the local grocery store and want to access an online coupon.
- · When you feel like watching a good movie but have no idea what’s in the theaters right now.
The smartphone can tell you what you need to know when you need to know it.
2. Photograph those memorable moments.
Life is full of memorable adventures that can change your life. You just have to capture that moment because it is fragile and you want more than a memory. You want something vivid and real.
People. Places. Events. Your smartphone captures the highlights of your life with its nifty camera. What’s more, you can share them with your friends on Facebook with just a few taps on the right icons. And you might as well take a few selfies while you’re at it, too.
3. Navigate your way through the concrete jungle.
Lost in a new city, driving around looking for an address? Forget the maps. Throw away those directions you scribbled on the back of an envelope. With your smartphone’s GPS, a voice will guide you, street by street, turn by turn until you are at your location.
Remember that job interview you missed because you couldn’t figure out the directions to the office. By the time you arrived two hours late, the career opportunity of a lifetime had passed you by.
And what about that time your car ran out of gas when driving around because you couldn’t find a gas station in time?
Those kinds of misadventures will never happen to you again—because you now have a smartphone.
4. Stay up to date
You like to keep your finger on the pulse of emerging trends. The news to you is more than information. It affects important decisions you need to make. It affects your well-being. It can help you make or save money.
With your smartphone, you can stay on top of everything you need to know — from weather reports to stock trading and from breaking news to sports results. Subscribe to the right websites and you can get all the current information you need instantly. ESPN, Yahoo or CNN are at your fingertips.
5. Useful utilities
If you need a flashlight in an emergency but don’t have one or can’t find it—simply use your phone to access the flashlight app.
If you need to make some quick calculations but the numbers are too big to do in your head—use the calculator on your phone.
If you need to call your colleague in Dubai to finalize a business deal but have no idea what time it might be there—you have a world clock function in your clock app. And you can also use the clock app for an alarm, stopwatch or timer.
Your smartphone is loaded with useful utilities from calendars to clocks, from calculators to calorie counters.
6. Email at a glance
You’re traveling, yet you need to stay in touch. Important contracts might come through. You’re waiting for notification of a sale. You need to remember what time you agreed on for the appointment.
At home, you could simply look up your email. Well, you can do the same with your smartphone. Keep track of important emails when you’re on the road. Traveling doesn’t mean disconnection. If you have a connection, you’re in the loop.
7. Relief from excruciating boredom
You’re at the waiting room at the dentist’s office. You’re stuck in traffic. You’re waiting for someone to show up for a meeting. Regardless of the situation you find yourself stuck in, you can stay delightfully entertained with your smartphone by playing a game, looking up your Facebook page, or watching YouTube videos.
A Computer In Your Pocket
This is only a sample list of the many things that you can do with a smart phone. By now, you’re probably so accustomed to organizing your life with the precision of a space launch; you probably wonder how you ever managed to get anything done without your smartphone.
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