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for me, my smartphone is a general purpose device : -Access to Pocket articles while commuting -Music, Podcast -Social networks -a little bit of instant messag

for me, my smartphone is a general purpose device : -Access to Pocket articles while commuting -Music, Podcast -Social networks -a little bit of instant messaging / voice -mails -maps It is also a communicator device, but only in the sense that for some silly reason I can't place calls with the 2000$ box on my desk, but only with the 800$ one in my pocket. None of the apps I have are perfect, especially now that we are in an awkward phase where we have an excellent Material spec and are very far from it in practice. However, they all do their job well enough. So well that I don't remember the last time I added an app to my routines.

6d0debc071 12y ago
> It is also a communicator device, but only in the sense that for some silly reason I can't place calls with the 2000$ box on my desk, but only with the 800$ one in my pocket. FXO card? :/
moe 12y ago
I can't place calls with the 2000$ box on my desk Of course you can. Get a Softphone[1], a SIP account[2], and you're good to go. [1] e.g. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/telephone/id406825478?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/telephone/id406825478?mt=12 [2] Here's a good list (calls to USA landline & mobile are free on most of them): http://www.mobilevoip.com/supported_brands http://www.mobilevoip.com/supported_brands
- soperj 12y ago
  Or just use the google talk feature that's part of gmail, and phone out to anywhere in the US and Canada for free.
abruzzi 12y ago
I'm sure that there are example of either side, but my anecdotal comment was to correlate the general finding of the article, though my reasoning may not be why others are finding themselves in a single app most of the time. Not to derail too much, 80-90% of my computer usage isn't even really possible with an iPhone or android, at least not productively. Small devices make it very hard for me to do anything other than small bite-sized interactions. When I'm writing music, prose, editing video, writing code, all of these things are borderline impossible on a phone, and barely possible on a tablet, and those things are the bulk of my computer usage.

6d0debc071 12y ago

> It is also a communicator device, but only in the sense that for some silly reason I can't place calls with the 2000$ box on my desk, but only with the 800$ one in my pocket. FXO card? :/

moe 12y ago

I can't place calls with the 2000$ box on my desk Of course you can. Get a Softphone[1], a SIP account[2], and you're good to go. [1] e.g. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/telephone/id406825478?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/telephone/id406825478?mt=12 [2] Here's a good list (calls to USA landline & mobile are free on most of them): http://www.mobilevoip.com/supported_brands http://www.mobilevoip.com/supported_brands

soperj 12y ago
Or just use the google talk feature that's part of gmail, and phone out to anywhere in the US and Canada for free.

abruzzi 12y ago

I'm sure that there are example of either side, but my anecdotal comment was to correlate the general finding of the article, though my reasoning may not be why others are finding themselves in a single app most of the time. Not to derail too much, 80-90% of my computer usage isn't even really possible with an iPhone or android, at least not productively. Small devices make it very hard for me to do anything other than small bite-sized interactions. When I'm writing music, prose, editing video, writing code, all of these things are borderline impossible on a phone, and barely possible on a tablet, and those things are the bulk of my computer usage.