Stellarium (and Orrery).
Dictionary (worth its weight in gold).
Maps (and Metro).
Sound recording (and playing, and FM radio).
Calendar.
Camera.
Drawing-Sketching.
LED torch.
Clock-alarms.
Chess.
What is there not to like about smart phone? [I don't use Twitter. Browser is Fennec, mostly for experimental purposes]
Best wishes.
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Per aspera ad astra...
It's not the phone that makes it a smartphone. If the people holding it isn't Smart it no point having it. And the phone certainly don't make you do anything you don't want to do.
I want a true pocketable computer (Firebird + Python + Cython + Bjoern + Bottle + Browser + Cron) + decent camera + mp3 player + mobile phone + sat nav. Apps, pretty screen transitions, etc... are of no real interest to me.
It's not the phone that makes it a smartphone. If the people holding it isn't Smart it no point having it. And the phone certainly don't make you do anything you don't want to do.
Don't blame the phone .
I agree completely with this statement (I don't see the Thanks button however, lol)
On another note, i guess we could also consider the OP's comment as a 'warning' to the uninitiated to buy a (smart)phone that will really do what they want, not be drawn to features you have NFC about or no need for.
When I bought my N900 in 2011, I knew a lot about it (had even trialed it out on Nokia's Remote Device thingy). To date, there is not a single application/feature of the N900 I have not used. Only GPS was the least used in the early days. Now I have a car, so that's also getting very frequent use.
