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In reply to the discussion: Step away from the smartphone... Shhh it'll be ok. [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)So far I've used it almost exclusively to:
a) Call people
b) Occassionally text
c) Take videos and pictures
Of those three things, the only thing different about it is that it admittedly does take good pictures and videos compared to my old phone. And that was the only reason I agreed to get the thing in the first place.
But never used its GPS. Never played any games on it. Never read any books on it (that sounds incredibly frustrating anyways). Never used its calendar.
I disabled the email function after initially installing it. I didn't want to have to carry my email inbox everywhere. I like to be able to step away from my computer, not have it constantly in my pocket at all times.
I think I used the internet function on it once--during an Orioles playoff game when I was at dinner and wanted to keep tabs on the score. And that ended up more frustrating than anything else.
If it wasn't for the camera function, I would have ditched it already. As it stands now, I'm still not sold on its utility.
And before someone accuses me of being some aging technophobe/Luddite (as someone above me claimed), I'm a male in my early 30s with plenty of cool electronics in my home. I should be Apple's target audience. But for the life of me, I still don't understand what makes these things so special. I walk by the Apple store in the mall without a second thought of stopping in.
I was reluctant to get it in the first place, and aired my grievences right here when I first got it. I was told by some Apple fans here to give it a month, and by the end of the month, I won't be able to put it down or know how I lived without it for so long. Well I gave it a month, two months, three months....and my life has not changed at all. It's not like electricity or indoor plumbing to me, something that when you get, you don't know how you lived without it. Sorry. Just don't get the craze at all.
Glad to know I'm not the only one.
Oh, and on a somewhat unrelated note, I love atlases. I love looking at the maps, planning all the imaginary road trips I'd love to take if I only had the time (and maybe I will), looking at the different cities and seeing what they are like...it's something of an odd obsession of mine, but something I can only get from a physical map or atlas and not a GPS.