If You Gotta’ Smartphone, Use It The Smart Way

Tonight I went to a comedy club. Me ‘n’ my girl had like an hour before the show started. So what did we do? In between talking to ourselves, we had our Glif propping up my iPhone 4 and we watched new TV episodes of shows we love on Hulu Plus, sharing earbuds. Really helped us enjoy the atmosphere and the time flew by. Other people around us were either extremely bored or were extremely impatient for the show to start.

We were the lucky ones, right? We had an iPhone and, thus, weren’t bored. Right?

Wrong. A couple sharing a table with us had an iPhone 4/4S. And either table to our sides, somebody had a smartphone. But they were as bored and impatient as the people without smartphones.

It’s all about what you do with your device the counts. The couple sitting at the table with us, the chick was on the iOS Facebook app. Anytime her phone was out, it was for Facebook. She also was boring her date showing photos of her “Facebook friends”. Literally, the dude was as zoned out as he was when her phone wasn’t out. But he showed a keen interest in what we were doing with ours.

See the difference here? My iPhone was completely superior to this chick’s iPhone, but not from anything physical. Heck, her’s could even be the newer model. Na, my iPhone is superior to hers because she wasn’t utilizing even a fraction of its potential. iPhones, and smartphones in general, have fantastic two player games, access to numerous streaming video sites (both free and premium), trivia, goofy apps, all this stuff that can keep people entertained.

Utilizing your device’s potential can literally make the difference in your day-to-day life. And it don’t gotta’ require crazy preparation. No “Well yeah, if I knew the wait would be this long, I’d be prepared like you.”. No, that’s the point of smartphones is that since they’re always with you, you don’t gotta’ plan somethin’ special. Just bring your headphones and your set.

Think about all the unplanned boring situations you can be placed in. Now just remember you’ve got a device to keep you completely entertained (or productive or whatever), IF you use it right. Serious? Facebook? Damn that shit’s boring. If you truly got a smartphone, then use it the smart way. Otherwise, you’ll just be one of many that’ll look at someone like me with envy like “Damn, I wish I had a phone like his.”. JbB