We could go around and around the bush on this, doc, and please don’t misunderstand my comments here; I’m completely cool with your assessments of it as a tool. I am a tech nerd at the office, and I love technology. I simply refuse to get one of these out of fear of becoming an addict.
I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to remove myself from the net and get off the grid. Like you, I don’t do the Facebook/Twitter stuff and have no taste for much of anything else the web has to offer. I love that I can order pizza online. I love that I can get a step-by-step map from Google when I need it. I love that I can order ammo and read FR on the web, but I personally don’t need a smart phone for all of that. I prefer to sit on my porch with my laptop and a cigar over driving and checking FR for pings or Drudge for news.
Plus, I have my home PC connected to my 52” HDTV and prefer bigger over smaller. I’m already near-sighted, I don’t need to be squinting at a 2.5” screen.
We fundamentally agree, smart phones are neat and cool toys. I’m just personally averse to them knowing full well that I’ll become addicted, and I just don’t want to be part of that group; otherwise, I become what I despise: a hypocrite.
Oh I see, what you need my FRiend is a tablet. ;)