On Dec 7, 12:54*am, (Steve Pope) wrote:

> On the rest of the above, I see smartphones as encouraging people
> to take public transit to work, or to play, because that way
> they are not driving and can remain glued to the smartphone, where
> they can text, facebook, and maybe even work.
>
> I was taking Amtrak one hour each way to work last month, many
> riders there were social-networking the entire time. *The oddballs --
> gamers, laptop users, or persons like me simply listening to the
> radio -- are fewer and fewer.


Yep, it doesn't take long to become obsolete in this fast-moving
world. I kind of like the feeling. Sometimes.

TJ