One cool app for the droid is the bar code scanner. You can go to the store, scan the code on the product box, and get prices and reviews from all over. Very nice...
Red Laser for the iPhone is a similar app.
M phone is just a phone and camera. I can't imagine the need for all the other junk you guys use it for. I don't want access to the internet on my phone. I think all this technology is simply ridiculous.
That is until I started reading some of the applications you folks use.
I think I'm getting sucked into another vortex. At least this vortex doesn't sound quite as expensive as the "other" vortex
Bob, it has really surprised me to see the broad range of apps available for the smart phones. Notepads, sticky notes, lists (I keep the grocery list going for several stores), calendars (synced to my calendar in Outlook), photo manipulation (including a very stripped-down version of Photoshop), clock radios, calculators of all sorts (everything from loans to restaurant tips to currency and unit conversion), weather info, guitar tuners, apps to remember where you parked, where to find the best gas prices, traffic conditions, speed trap locations, altimeter, GPS for driving, GPS for hiking, dictionaries, Google Earth, police scanners, thousands of radio stations, and so on. I also have a variety of games, although Midnight Pool, Yahtzee and Need for Speed Underground get most of the action. (Most of the apps I use were priced between $0.00 and $1.99. I have a few that were more than $5.00, but they were all games.)
I also have my entire music collection on my phone. In the shop, it's plugged into a boom box so I can crank the tunes louder than the DC and compressor. In the car, it sits in a cradle and gives me a respite from talk radio or commercial music radio. I also use a spreadsheet on the phone to keep my sales records at shows where I'm selling my turned work. I can even scan credit cards with my phone, although I've not done a show since I got set up to do it. I can scan the card, take a photo of the item sold, get the buyer's signature, and e-mail the receipt to them (with a photo of what they bought, and a copy of their signature). All of this in a little box on my belt.
For woodworkers, there are levels, rulers, protractors, and plumb bobs. You can even use the phone as a hammer. Once.
And once every day or two, I actually use mine to make or receive phone calls.