My family does a great job of using mail, as well as some friends, but others are annoyingly stuck in the land of Facebook messaging.  I get that it&#x27;s convenient, because I have more friends on Facebook than I do friends&#x27; email addresses, but I don&#x27;t like that it&#x27;s such a locked-down medium.  I don&#x27;t even notifications on my phone about Facebook messages because I uninstalled the apps after the battery issues.  Email is a way better way to reach me quickly.<p>The single biggest thing about getting a smartphone to me was how much more useful it made email.  At the time I was still using email constantly, but a lot of other people weren&#x27;t.  Having easy access to it on your phone, with notifications, rather than as something you have to remember to log in to all the time and check for updates, really opened it up.