A smartphone is intended to be the replacement of what my dad use to carry around, the Franklin Planner. A smartphone is smaller, holds more information, and is way easier to carry around. The Blackberry and the Palm Pilot were the answer to this. With the rise of cell phones, people didn’t want to carry 2 devices around so Research In Motion (RIM) made the Blackberry and the cellphone into one! Ta-da!
With the birthday of the PDA Cell Phone came a new paradigm on personal organization. But I think that paradigm has shifted into serving that drives me batty!! I love my iPhone and before that I tolerated my Blackberry. I got my Blackberry Pearl 8130 after I joined the staff of my church because between working there part-time and the school full-time, I need something to organized my chaotic life. The Blackberry Pearl was the way to go! But today with the ease of downloaded apps and games and music, the once tool has become a tool and this bothers me for this reason, and I guilty of this: WASTING YOUR MONEY AND YOUR COMPANY’S MONEY ON YOUR TOY!
If you have a smartphone, there should be no reason you ever miss a date or don’t know what’s on your calendar. There should be no reason you allow tasks to go months undone. There should be no reason it takes a week or 2 to get back to an email.
If you primarily use your smartphone to play games, add photos to your sweet Facebook page, and Instagram the crap out of your Twitter account, but forget you could be costing your company (or yourself) hundreds of dollars a year for your game addiction and amateur photography skills, a reality check might need to be made!
It’s sin to take advantage of your company, church, or personal bank account for a play toy. I myself am guilty of this…are you?
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