[rarestia]

This is just me, but in response to your uses:

GPS - I use an atlas or map it out before I leave the house.
MP3 player - I have an iPod for that.
kindle reader - I prefer paperbacks
mobile FreeRepublic reader. - I love you guys, but I'll take my FR from the office or the home office. FReeping can get heated.
Yellow and white pages. - Same as above.

Of course, I could probably rebuff any use for a smartphone with its former equivalent. Being an IT guy, I'm one of the few who eschews advancement in lieu of contemporary, proven technologies. I just don't trust smart phones.

[dangerdoc]

You are free to do things as you like, but you sound like an old farmer saying he’ll stick with the mules because he can grow his own fuel. Nothing wrong with the statement, it is actually true but you miss out in ways you probably can’t concieve.