No Smartphone for This Girl!

I know that it may be hard to believe, but you can still by non-"smartphones"! I am living proof! I am one of the (very) few people that have not given in to the smartphone craze; I am currently using a state of the art Nokia flip phone...

So, maybe it doesn't look exactly like this one but it is a fairly simple piece of machinery. I can call on it, text, and even take pictures!



But lately, I have been thinking about this difference that technological advances has created between myself and most of my friends (i.e. smart vs dumb phone). While my phone is only a connection between those people that I know and me, my friends' phones are a connection between them and anything you can possible imagine.

Like the commercial says, "There are over a half of a million apps and counting"; this allows smartphone users to do anything and stay connected to anything they could imagine. These apps not only let smartphone users stay connected to the outside world, it also lets companies connect to these smartphone users. This incredible innovation in technology has (yet again) started a new trend with marketers to avoid clutter, yet still get their brand and product to their target market and the world in general.