The Anonymous Widower

Do I Need A Smart Phone?

I’ve recently bought a Samsung Tab 2 7.  This is the seven inch screen or the small one.

I can keep it in my pocket and use it to send e-mails and surf the Internet. I checked my Zopa and bank details on Saturday and even entered a small post to this blog.

I’ve only a wi-fi version, which proved excellent on the train on Saturday.  But then we are seeing more and more free wi-fi hotspots in pubs and cafes everywhere.

So quite frankly, I’ll stick to my Nokia 6310i for phone calls and text messages.

Who needs a smart phone?

January 7, 2013 - Posted by | Computing | , , ,

7 Comments »

  1. You have to carry two things, I only have to carry one. Which for me, makes a difference. Plus I get on much better with the touch screen, esp as on mine it is full keyboard touch screen, I cant do the pressing different buttons a different numbers of times as on older phones.

    Comment by Liz P | January 7, 2013 | Reply

    • I actually carry three things, as I’ve always got a camera with me too!

      Comment by AnonW | January 7, 2013 | Reply

  2. My phone is a camera as well.

    Comment by Liz P | January 7, 2013 | Reply

    • I take the pictures for my blog. So I want them in a large format.

      Comment by AnonW | January 7, 2013 | Reply

  3. My phone does take them in large format, I can actually print them out at 8 x 10 and they still look fine.

    Comment by Liz P | January 7, 2013 | Reply

  4. The large smartphones are mini-tablets anyway – fine for email and simple web surfing.

    Comment by Marc | January 7, 2013 | Reply

  5. My preferred balance is a smart phone and a bigger tablet – I find the screen size too labourious on the smaller ones. That’s why I don’t favour the iPad Mini too much. Current combo is iPhone + iPad. I would say that it’s a complete personal preference.

    Comment by theithandbook | January 8, 2013 | Reply


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