- Don't use it to do major writing, such as wiring a message longer than a few characters. Remember smartphones don't normally come with a keyboard or a mouse.
- Don't use it to check your mails, browse the web, etc when you are walking. It is unsightly and dangerous.
- Don't use it when you should be talking to strangers, friends and family.
- Don't disturb others when you use it as a phone.
DOs:
- Use it as an alarm clock, a count down timer and a stop watch. In short use it as an all-purpose timer.
- Use it as a sort of a swiss army knife.
- Use it to check weather.
- Use Evernote to compose shopping list
- Use Google Map to locate things and prevent from getting lost
- Use its camera to take pictures. Note that this camera is no substitute for a good camera with stabilizer. For example, the quality of the pictures will be poor if used on a whale-watching cruise. Note that if you choose, the pictures when uploaded will have a google map alongside.
- Use it as a flashlight.
- Use the cell network to provide Internet access to your Notebook computer when there is no Wi-Fi, such as when you are taking a bus.
- Use it as a USB drive as you would a flash drive.
- Use it as an iPod to listen to music, audiobooks, etc. Use a stereo bluetooth headset for this.
- In a store, use your phone to scan a bar-code just like the casher, to find information or do comparison shopping.
