If you don't have a smartphone, a flip phone may be the best simple phone you can have.

Tags: LG441G + Smartphones + iPod + flip phone + Tracfone + watch pocket

One of my bosses was furious that I didn't check my email every fifteen minutes.

Tags: Smartphones + connected + alerted + social media + in box + email + phones + instant messaging + ICU + iPod + desk + alerts

Back in my Corporate Clone days, I started with an index card case.

Tags: index cards + grid card + Smartphones + index card case + pocket briefcase + wallet + RFID blocking

“'Bombshell' shatters myth around Wi-Fi inventor Hedy Lamarr”

Tags: Hedy Lamarr + inventor + Bluetooth + Wi-Fi + GPS + Smartphones + wings + traffic lights + soft drink + Howard Hughes

“3D-printed smartphone microscope is good enough for scientists”

Tags: Smartphones + microscope + 3D printing + science coolness

Eventually key fob functions will be transferred to smartphones.

Tags: key fob + Smartphones + Arizona monsoon + summer + car + power door locks + trunk locks + windows

Besides the battery, the most important upgrade was the Touch ID.

Tags: caregiver + iPhone + Smartphones + Touch ID + Apple + Calendar + Reminder + Maps + Google Maps + Compass + Clock + LunaSolCal + YP + Fantastical + magnifier + widgets + Notification Center + Up Next widget + Weather widget + News widget + My Verizon Data widget

Other than the Star Trek look, I'm not sure what these do better than my Motorola H720.

Tags: MrMoble + Star Trek + fandom + Smartphones

Tags: Smartphones + Simulators + edge of utility