So I have written before many of the ways that the iPhone can make your life easier. TUAW has published a list of 33 things that you will no longer need if you have an iPhone. Consider all of the following things that the iPhone can do:
- Telephone
- Calculator
- Personal Organizer
- Calendar
- Wall Clock
- Alarm Clock
- Watch
- Rolodex
- Dictionary
- Voice Memo Recorder
- Pen/Paper
- Digital Photo Frame
- USB Drive
- Wireless Mouse
- Remote Control
- 3G Modem/Dongle
- Maps/Atlas
- Compass
- GPS Nav Unit
- Digital Camera
- Digital Audio Player
- Portable DVD Player
- Amazon Kindle
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare
- Any classical novel with an expired copyright
- Portable Game Player
- Pedometer
- Flashlight
- White Noise Generator
- Guitar Tuner
- Netbook
Source: "Buyer’s Guide: 33 things you don’t need if you have an iPhone" by Chris Rawson, published at The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
*unless you need to go into the U.S. District Court where you must leave your iPhone outside.
Items # 2- 31 – agreed. Item # 1 “telephone” – not so much. The iPhone is almost nonfunctional for me as a phone. The ATT service features poor connections, garbled conversations and dropped calls. I carry a second phone from Verizon for any call that is important or that I expect will be more than 10 seconds long.
This list applies to most smartphones today. Admittedly the list may not be so long with other phones, but the iPhone is not alone in this field.