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WolverineDG

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8. To each their own, I suppose

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 08:58 AM

Jan 2013

I have a smart phone, unlimited everything (no really). I still prefer to use maps, but the GPS is handy when they are not available or if I want to see what the place looks like or any landmarks around someplace I've never been before, especially if I have to go there at night. I've already cancelled HBO & other movie channels though. I just don't watch that much live TV anymore.

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Step away from the smartphone... Shhh it'll be ok. [View all] Mother Of Four Jan 2013 OP

I might get a smart phone Lasher Jan 2013 #1

We cancelled hbo and the cable for the second tv. I watch tv less than once a week, why pay $16 peacebird Jan 2013 #2

I guess this is age related dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

I grew up with a land line, I no longer ahve a land line obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #19

Sorry, I disagree. Just turned 58 and I LOVE 21st century technology. pink-o Jan 2013 #26

Me too. I'm a year older. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #66

As a senior who relies on smart phone for contact from my children/grandchildren, I resent SharonAnn Jan 2013 #27

Almost all the cell phone carriers will ttransfer your phone number to their phones. hedda_foil Jan 2013 #92

No text but.... librarylu Jan 2013 #104

Not me. I'm 42 and I love technology. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #74

Oh FFS. Is it Luddite day at DU today?... SidDithers Jan 2013 #4

LOL!!! (Message sent from Joe's iPhone) JoePhilly Jan 2013 #5

I wouldn't insult them. Panasonic Jan 2013 #6

Tell it to the OP. The insults started there...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #14

+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #16

Wimps - I recently started hauling my clothes to the creek and beating them on a rock. tjwash Jan 2013 #33

Not cheaper. tavernier Jan 2013 #39

LOL .... Trajan Jan 2013 #84

No way would I give up my Galaxy Note 2. trumad Jan 2013 #7

To each their own, I suppose WolverineDG Jan 2013 #8

No thanks. NCTraveler Jan 2013 #9

This thread is so unbelievably sanctimonious. blueclown Jan 2013 #10

Thank you... SidDithers Jan 2013 #13

thank you thank you thank you obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #21

??? EH? There's nothing even slightly insulting about it. sibelian Jan 2013 #46

Did you read the OP at all? blueclown Jan 2013 #51

I can't believe you're taking this much offense sibelian Jan 2013 #59

Thank you.... Mother Of Four Jan 2013 #63

PS - check out #15 if you want insulting! sibelian Jan 2013 #71

I'm not interested in having a smartphone at all LibertyLover Jan 2013 #11

If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared today dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #114

I reluctantly got an Iphone several months ago and I still don't understand its appeal. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #12

some people simply aren't smart enough to fully utilize a smartphone.. frylock Jan 2013 #15

Step away from your computer. Shhh, it'll be OK. Brickbat Jan 2013 #17

I'll take a GPS over an atlas any day obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #18

Pf! There's nothing wrong with typewriters! sibelian Jan 2013 #47

100% not true obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #49

LOL! Yes, it in some instances it was! sibelian Jan 2013 #53

Typewriters sucked worse than rotary phones. tridim Jan 2013 #55

There's nothing wrong with rotary phones either! sibelian Jan 2013 #58

I have been with people whose GPS got us lost on multiple occasions. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #20

Every since we've had airplanes... KatyMan Jan 2013 #22

My smartphone reduces my energy use drmeow Jan 2013 #23

Woohoo! Party like it's 1995! lightcameron Jan 2013 #24

I got your stick right here... Earth_First Jan 2013 #25

We both retired from telephone company jobs and haven't had a land line since IDemo Jan 2013 #28

I've heard some people don't have them at all. raouldukelives Jan 2013 #29

I'm with you. Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #34

GPS via my Garmin and my cell phone has been wonderful. phylny Jan 2013 #112

Well, I'm with you, SheilaT Jan 2013 #30

My smartphone is absolutely essential and very efficient for me to manage my business. Lex Jan 2013 #31

Advocating not having a tool that keeps you well informed and organized? On a political site? stevenleser Jan 2013 #32

Demagoguery isn't only limited to conservatives. blueclown Jan 2013 #35

I wonder if they are using punch cards to access this web site... Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #81

"Hang on while I log on to DU and rail against Codeine Jan 2013 #89

I have a smartphone and have for 3 years tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #36

You were born in 1980 and I Lex Jan 2013 #38

Exactly -- it's not an age thing obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #50

Meh. MadrasT Jan 2013 #37

I'm glad that works for you, MoF. I *could* do w/o mine, but see no reason to. It's very productive. fishwax Jan 2013 #40

And some take just that bit too far. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #41

You know why I don't use an atlas? white_wolf Jan 2013 #42

What's a smartphone, lol? pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #43

Smartphones do have dictionaries and autocorrect for spelling and possessives ... REP Jan 2013 #44

My Tracfone costs me about $7/mo hobbit709 Jan 2013 #45

Atlas for me, thanks. sibelian Jan 2013 #48

lol obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #52

Eventually all this newer technology will become much cheaper.... Little Star Jan 2013 #54

smartphones are part of an overall plan to make us all increasingly more stupid datasuspect Jan 2013 #56

Odd, it helps me keep in touch with people better obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #65

cat pictures datasuspect Jan 2013 #68

Rubbish Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #57

Some folks need/want smart phones ChazII Jan 2013 #60

You don't have to pay that much to use a smart phone gollygee Jan 2013 #61

a question... shanti Jan 2013 #105

No, you have to use one of their phones gollygee Jan 2013 #110

Smart Phones save indescribable amounts of time Prism Jan 2013 #62

One thing I really like Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #64

I love MFP! Prism Jan 2013 #67

+1 dionysus Jan 2013 #99

If my wife decided to unilaterally cancel my smartphone Codeine Jan 2013 #69

but does anyone ever ask themselves datasuspect Jan 2013 #72

I don't "need" much of anything beyond Codeine Jan 2013 #75

i'm not much of a consumer datasuspect Jan 2013 #76

And a petting zoo! sibelian Jan 2013 #73

For your information Codeine Jan 2013 #77

Usually the first to go, I hear... sibelian Jan 2013 #100

delusions of importance datasuspect Jan 2013 #70

President Obama and his beloved Blackberry. Lex Jan 2013 #78

truly important people Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #80

whoosh! datasuspect Jan 2013 #83

If your implying Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #86

you're = contraction of "you are" datasuspect Jan 2013 #88

-chuckle- Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #97

Your modern life may be pretty empty, Codeine Jan 2013 #82

i wasn't speaking about myself personally datasuspect Jan 2013 #87

Whatever gets you through the fundamental emptiness, Tiger. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #90

bless your heart datasuspect Jan 2013 #93

. Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #98

E-books Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #95

My boyfriend and I got lost at night in New York last spring. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #79

Because not carrying an atlas around Codeine Jan 2013 #85

Man, I wish I'd had all the things we have now when I was younger. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #96

let me get this straight datasuspect Jan 2013 #91

Um, it was the middle of the night at a deserted subway. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #109

my latest experience rickford66 Jan 2013 #94

Good for you AcidBlack Jan 2013 #101

My phones can do so many things that it reduces my carbon footprint. Neoma Jan 2013 #102

I'm so glad I got my smartphone. When I was in the hospital for a week, I had a way to Evoman Jan 2013 #103

I agree about the cable. But my hand held data device (smart phone) is a tremendous convenience. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #106

i think there is a problem with idiots who always feel the need to check some stupid text JI7 Jan 2013 #107

To each his/ her own blueamy66 Jan 2013 #108

I don't have one. Jennicut Jan 2013 #111

"Just got into a wreck, car is totaled ..." I got that text from my son.. nessa Jan 2013 #113

I get more use out of smart phone than I did my flip phone. Captain Stern Jan 2013 #115