I have gotten a lot of use out of smartphone technology in the past 12 years.
At first I was like all of the other people who scoffed and claimed that smartphones were an expensive gimmick that would come and go like Blackberry phones and palm pilots. However, that assumption was disproven on a yearly basis for the following decade. But it really only took three years to make me realize that I could benefit from a lot of the features on IPhones and androids. One big thing that attracted me from the jump was the built-in GPS. Like many others, I could never afford a GPS device in my car until smartphones started packaging these features into their devices as specific apps. Another factor that I loved was being able to stream music while I was out driving on the roads in my city and state. Until this time, I could only listen to FM radio, CDs, cassettes, or my IPod if the car in question had an auxiliary input on the stereo. Having the ability to stream Pandora, Youtube, or Spotify was a huge impetus for me converting to smartphone technology. Nowadays I get as much or more benefit out of apps like workout planners than I do with purely entertainment-driven apps. My workout planner gives me small tasks I can do daily to get exercise and stay healthy. The workout planner reminds me to go for a jog every morning, to lift weights after work, and to record my calories throughout the day. I have vastly improved my physical health after converting to a workout planner on my phone.