It can definitely make your life easier.  Particularly things like syncing calendars, anki and looking stuff up on the internet on the go like train/bus timetables, map directions etc.

I suppose it could cut into your productivity as you could spend a lot of time on it playing games or whatever but that's not to do with the phone, that's to do with your self-control.  I can't imagine how it would make your life uncomfortable or stressful.  How you use it is up to you.

jettyke wrote:

pudding cat wrote:

I can't imagine how it would make your life uncomfortable or stressful.  How you use it is up to you.

If you start spending to much time on your smartphone/ dive into the world of the smartphone and don't get important things done, you might become stressful.

True, but only if you have no self-control/time management skills.  It's kind of your fault and not the smartphone's.

jettyke wrote:

As a smartphone has many functions it might be uncomfortable to use it for the sake of doing 1 task, fe calling:

    You might turn the phone on, and then will start checking facebook and twitter, mixi or start listening to music just after calling.
     It might become a chain of processes that come consequently after making 1 call ( just because you already have the smartphone in your hand after making a call, you might think" as I already have it in my hand, why not check a couple of comments on facebook?")

Again all true but as I said it's up to your self-control.  If you have none then getting a smartphone may not be the best idea.

jettyke wrote:

It might become a chain of processes that come consequently after making 1 call ( just because you already have the smartphone in your hand after making a call, you might think" as I already have it in my hand, why not check a couple of comments on facebook?")

Simple. Don't link facebook/twitter/whatever to your phone. I have a facebook account, but one thing I REFUSE to do is link my phone to them. I have a smartphone and enjoy the portability it gives me to use Anki, use the internet, etc. I refuse to let it rule me, though.

jettyke wrote:

How to make the most of owning a smartphone?

I think this is an essential and very important question and so it deserves a separate thread, more specifically for learning Japanese.

undead_saif wrote:

jettyke wrote:

How to make the most of owning a smartphone?

I think this is an essential and very important question and so it deserves a separate thread, more specifically for learning Japanese.

You're right. I will make a new one afterall.