You said — What I find amazing is that people want to walk around with full internet access, and all the apps, on a phone. Frankly, I don’t have time to twitter, play games nor look up a local restaurant. My phone does one thing.....I can call other people if need be. Times are a changing....;)
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Yes, times are a changing, to be sure...
I’ve been known to go into a store, look at something that I want to buy and check out the price on the internet, while I’m right at the shelf, looking at the product. And then, find out that it’s cheaper elsewhere, take a quick look to see how far away that store is, and them map it on the iPhone mapping/routing program and zip on over there and save some money. Of course, part of that “calculation” is if it’s not too far out of the way, too, and if the money savings is significant.
Then again, I’ve also looked on Amazon.com while I was there and decided just to go back home and order it online and have it in another couple of days... LOL...
Then, if I want to get out and around, I might take a quick look at the weather map and see if a thunderstorm is moving in on the area (you can see pretty clearly in this area). I’ll see what the weather is going to be like and that will change my plans as I’m out and about and what I’m going to do next.
And, maybe, at the last minute, I’m thinking about getting a part for my bike, to go out riding later on, but I’m not sure when the store is going to close and I’ll look it up on the Internet and catch their time for closing to see if I can make it on time...
Yep... things are different with an iPhone... that’s for sure... :-)
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Oh... and I may even catch a quick look at Free Republic at a red light, too... (I have been known to do that a time or two... LOL...). Did I tell you that when I go through the car wash, I’ll grab a quick look on Free Republic, too... :-)
I understand Star, I'm the one behind the power curve here. I look at it differently. I have a top of the line PC sitting at home with decent connection speeds, 24" monitor and a graphics card that costs more than most laptops. We won't even talk about memory or sound. I consider a Blackberry the CPU equivalent of an 8 track tape player. You pay for the network cost. I wait until I get home to do my shopping.....