Giving up your smart phone

[PrincessFiona]

Could you?

I'm going to get a pay as you go phone for a month with no Internet or texting to try.

Why? Besides the fact that I'm typing while jogging? My recent two vacations confirmed that I have lost control. I actually turned roam on a couple times in Canada and ouch ... Not cheap. I'm WI I walked quite a bit away just to browse. DH and I went for dinner last night and spent 1/2 the time on our phones.

How hooked are you?

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[Auspicious]

Not very hooked--I got an iPhone a couple weeks ago and keep forgetting to use it. I'm so far behind on technology.

[Cinderella]

I have two phones. One is for work. I don't really use them except for calls & I find it a hassle to carry them around everywhere. I wish we had SIM cards here that allowed for two or three lines on them for one phone like in other countries.

[lovelight]

I just got my iPhone about a month ago and love it! I wouldn't say I'm taking it too far, but I like how easy it is to take pics to send to family now and I feel like I'm getting to see more pica if my niece and nephew as well. It's also cut WAY down on my computer time bc anything small I want to look up I just do on my phone and it's a quick 1.2. I honestly can't believe I waited so long to get one.

[niener]

So funny that you posted this today because just last night I was considering getting rid of mine. Not for addiction reasons but for monetary reasons.

I'm not addicted to mine per se but it would certainly not be easy to give up. I use the GPS feature and Google Maps ALL the time which is great for venturing around this new city we've just moved to. I also like to use the foursquare app to check reviews on restaurants and businesses and check for any deals or coupons. It's useful and good to have, but I haven't yet decided if it's worth $30/mo. The one thing I most definitely could not give up is text messaging. That's the primary way DH and I keep in contact when he's at work,

[SuzySunshine]

Nope! I've had mine for leas then a month and you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands

[ladymoreta]

I'm not sure I could give mine up... I use it all the time, for good things and for time wasters. I could definitely reduce the time wasters, but I'd really miss how it makes stuff easier (GPS, texting DH, sending pictures of DS, Kindle when I need a backlight, etc).

[alison]

Bury me with mine!

[SoonerTexan]

I use it too much...but it has been a lifesaver many many times

[HouseofWool]

Nope! You'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands

Me too. I love mine. I use it the google maps feature all the time. I can't image being without GPS anymore.

LM - how do you sync your kindle stuff between devices? I haven't figure out how to do this yet. Do you need to send it to each device and then use the sync command thingy.

[ladymoreta]

LM - how do you sync your kindle stuff between devices? I haven't figure out how to do this yet. Do you need to send it to each device and then use the sync command thingy.

When I installed the Kindle app, it prompted me to log in with my Amazon password. On your phone, you go into your archived items and download your book to your phone, and it'll show up on the list. (I archive them back on the phone after I finish to keep from using up a lot of memory.) If you have wireless turned on on your Kindle, it'll prompt you to sync whenever you use the device that is behind the farthest point. I usually leave my wireless off on my Kindle, though, so I just manually go to the farthest point. It's more of a hassle, but it makes the Kindle battery last forever.

[MarissaNicole]

I know I COULD because I had a pay as you go last year for about 2-3 months when I gave back my phone from work, and was waiting to decide what plan to go with. Its terribly addicting and personally I think I need to reign in my use quite a bit. I find myself playing on it if I have two seconds of silence, as if I need to constantly be intertained? I also find myself picking it up first thing in the morning and playing with it in bed at night. I think I am going to impose new restrictions on myself..... or at least I'd like to!

[Vanquisher]

I'm with Cheri and Alison. No fucking way. Take a limb first.


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[DCJenn]

It's not attached to my body but I like it. I'm growing very fond of the iPad from which I type, even though the big Mac is mere feet away.

J.

[diggitydot]

Over my dead body. It has effectively replaced desktop AND laptop computers, for me. We're pretty good about not using our smart phones at inappropriate times like meals, but I won't give it up. Take the onther computers and the home phone, but don't mess with my iPhone.