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I don’t think life-by-smartphone would be all that smart an idea

19 January, 2012 at 2:31 pm Leave a comment

If we are to believe the trendwatchers and futurists, we’ll all be running our lives by smartphone within a few years, using them for everything from paying for goods to opening our garage doors (thanks for the link Ally).

I have an android smartphone and I’m rather attached to it…but I’ve just declined the upgrade I was due.  As well as the cost savings of switching to a SIM only plan I can’t bear the thought of wasting a day of my life trying to get a new smartphone up and running and the possible/probable data loss that would occur as a result of the changeover.

You see, I just don’t quite trust technology.  I did a software update on the phone last week that mysteriously and randomly wiped 20% of my contacts.  It was only because I refuse to be parted from my backup Filofax that I had a copy of everything.

If I was entirely reliant on my phone as camera, diary, address book, credit card, keys, web browser, email reader, calculator and, erm, phone then my handbag would unquestionably be a lot lighter and smaller.  But what if the phone got nicked?  Or broke?  Or just ran out of battery?  My entire life would grind to a halt.

I’m just not sure that the majority of smartphone owners are ready to break away from their other Stuff and trust their lives to the gods of hardware, software and signal.

Entry filed under: technology, trends. Tags: smartphones.