A few weeks ago I was in a shore town that I had never been to before for a wedding.
Before driving to the rehearsal dinner I had to pick up some supplies, so I Yelped for the nearest grocery store. One more touch pulled up turn-by-turn directions.
I didn't know exactly how to get to the rehearsal dinner location, but someone had texted me the address and I could just plug that in on my phone and it could navigate me.
I didn't have anything to listen to in the car, so I just downloaded a podcast and listened to it while I drove.
My girlfriend called me along the way to see when I would be at the location. The call paused the podcast; when I ended the call it resumed it immediately. Since I could talk to her on speakerphone I wasn't really distracted from driving.
I got to the rehearsal dinner early so I checked some HN articles in Google Reader before everyone else showed up.
As other people have said here, a smartphone is incredibly useful when you get out of your house.
Before driving to the rehearsal dinner I had to pick up some supplies, so I Yelped for the nearest grocery store. One more touch pulled up turn-by-turn directions.
I didn't know exactly how to get to the rehearsal dinner location, but someone had texted me the address and I could just plug that in on my phone and it could navigate me.
I didn't have anything to listen to in the car, so I just downloaded a podcast and listened to it while I drove.
My girlfriend called me along the way to see when I would be at the location. The call paused the podcast; when I ended the call it resumed it immediately. Since I could talk to her on speakerphone I wasn't really distracted from driving.
I got to the rehearsal dinner early so I checked some HN articles in Google Reader before everyone else showed up.
As other people have said here, a smartphone is incredibly useful when you get out of your house.