I love my smartphone and find it very useful. It is my phone, diary, newspaper, dictionary, crossword, telephone, laptop, calculator, loyalty card, tv guide, radio, cd player, weatherman, camera, library, A-Z, notepad, torch, train & bus timetable, encyclopaedia and much more.
My life and my handbag are so much less cluttered
But I make sure that all but the essential notifications are turned off and have even set it up to tell people I'll call them back so that I do not turn into a "phubber"
I find it has freed me up like never before. No more waiting in for an important call. Never miss a TV programme because I can set remote recordings..my PVR is a godsend too! Never be the last to find out an important news story. Always able to locate a wandering husband.....the possibilities are endless.
Only yesterday DD1 and I were discussing the fact that my 2 year old GS would never know a world without this technology...