Smart Phoney Goodness

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I know I am late to the party, the smart phone party that is...
Paid for my kids to have them but scrimped when it came to me.

ANYWAY, now I have one and I love that I can check my email, check my shop, listen to NPR live while walking the dog, etc.

Tell me what you love about your phone!

Mine is a Samsung-something. I couldn't justify getting an iPhone or Droid, but this one is android based.

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I don't have a fancy phone at all, just something that can text. I think I'm probably the only person my age left without a smartphone, lol.

Although, I am considering upgrading to an iPhone when my contract runs out in August. My current cellphone & 1st gen ipod touch are both on they're last few months, so I figure I might as well just replace them both with an iPhone...

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I'm amazed I was able to get a phone that takes grainy pictures :)

good for you, this opens up a lot of opportunity :)

[Former_Member]

I can do texting on my phone, but shut down the ability after i kept getting texts asking me who i was at 3 am

I don't hardly use it, can barely communicate verbally if I can't study what the person is acting like.

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I do feel more connected to the world.

One of the Pinterest co-founders said that good technology makes us feel closer to what we love..and in this case, my 4G phone does make me feel closer to my kids and to my Etsy shop!

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I had a smartphone but I threw it out.. Quite literally.

I felt SO disconnected with the world... all that mattered was what was next on my netflix queue, who said what on my facevook, and what's the next post for my twitter... It consumed me and the real world became a murky, podgey, I don't know what..

I dislike them for this purpose, but, I just took it to far, if you can moderate, awesome!:)

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Wow, and I thought I was the only one without a smart phone!

I am not using it that heavily, and doubt i will.

I am glad you are free from it's tethers, Victoria!

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I can take credit cards on it at shows, and deactivate items in my shop that sell while there.....conversely, I am notified with a characteristic "ding ding" when something sells here, so I can remove it immediately from the display if need be.

Oh, and it's a phone, too. Totally secondary, because I hate phones.

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i need to get one.....

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I love mine - I have an iPhone4. I use it to take photos, love the Etsy app, work email and personal email. It is set up for bill reminders, weight loss tracker, access my banks/paypal to pay bills, etc. Michaels has an app too that I get coupons on so they just scan it :)

I use it when I'm standing in line at a checkout which is taking forever and play games.

Love it!

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Trish - We're practically neighbours! cool! :D