I&#x27;ve never actually owned a smartphone. Well.. that&#x27;s not true. I had one of the first internet connected phones (I think) back in 2001. I used the internet like 10 time on it. It was (as you can imagine) pretty horrible.<p>Fast forward to now. I don&#x27;t want the internet at all times. I don&#x27;t want a $100 a month phone bill. I don&#x27;t want a $500 device that can fall in the toilet. And most especially, I can&#x27;t abide little tiny screens. I have $12 Nokia flip phone. My monthly phone bill is less than $25 on pay by minutes. I also have an internet phone at home which costs maybe $30 a year or so and I use for most outgoing calls.<p>I look at everyone, (including my GF who couldn&#x27;t live without her smartphone) and wonder what it is I don&#x27;t get. Sure, mobile net could come in handy at times. So I went and got a nexus 7. It hasn&#x27;t been powered up in 6 months and that was just to make sure a web app I was working on displayed correctly. I&#x27;m a tech guy. Not a Luddite (I don&#x27;t think). But I just really can&#x27;t stand smartphones for some reason. All that poking at a little tiny screen... when I have a keyboard and 2 27&quot; inch monitors in the next room along with a couple of laptops. A spiral notebook at the cost of 33 cents works really well for keeping shopping lists and notes. And the form factor is a lot better too. I guess I&#x27;m getting old. I just don&#x27;t get it.