Pseudo-techie query on Smart Phones

[amcdonald]

Just got my phone contract down to £5/month (including unlimited free to landlines), same price as my 3G dongle.
I don't get any thrill from paying 300 a year to yap to people and play flight control....

There are other uses like forgetting your satnav, and using google maps on your phone as an impromptu sat nav (download a voice app and it will even talk you to your destination)

If you sell stuff on ebay, you get notifications of customers queries to your phone and can run a 2nd businesses more easily

You can check train/tube/road congestion live on your phone saving you time

Smart phones come in handy for lots of things

[doodab]

Smart phones come in handy for lots of things

Exactly. How else can I look at porn on the train without looking like a pervert?

[TimberWolf]

I've used my iPod Touch to buy airline tickets, from abroad, in the past.

[DS23]

Oh come on, everyone needs to fire grumpy little birds from a catapult at some point in the day.

true but it's better on a mbp than a ip.

[gingerjedi]

I've used my iPod Touch to buy airline tickets, from abroad, in the past.

Not from outside a wi-fi zone you haven't.

[TimberWolf]

Not from outside a wi-fi zone you haven't.

I usually check WiFi spots before going abroad. MacD's, libraries, places of learning and in the case of Ibiza, the centre of Sant Antonio by the fountain. Camp-sites and hostels also increasingly have them. Occasionally there is a small charge, but often not.

[SueEllen]

I've used my iPod Touch to buy airline tickets, from abroad, in the past.

I managed to buy a kindle from a normal crappy Nokia phone using a web browser.

Obviously it would have been easier with a smartphone but needs must.

Oh and the phone operators apart from O2 have realised that data services are the way forward.