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Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 1, 2021 at 08:56 AM
Hey @Listerene,
Well, as @Sarah says, I’m not quite sure what you mean, but yes, for me a smartphone is primarily a communications platform and – as a secondary function – an information access device (but not information management; I prefer to do that on a desktop/laptop).
As I said earlier, I don’t play games or do anything spectacularly demanding on my smartphones. But I do expect to be able to consult important information on them, whether in note form, database form or document form. I do expect to be able to take brief notes on that information for subsequent, more sophisticated treatment.
I don’t expect to do complex information management tasks on a smartphone – as you say, it’s not optimised for that. My standard workstation comprises a couple of mammoth monitors and a powerful notebook (MacBook Pro); that’s where the true “management” activity takes place.
But information isn’t useful (or at least, in my case it isn’t) if you don’t have easy/quick access to it, ideally while you’re mobile.
Maybe that clarifies my view of smartphones a little more?
Note that messing about with various notetaking/information management apps isn’t part of my management activity; it’s primarily a CRIMPer’s experimental impulse to find even better ways to manage/consult/access/carry information. The smartphone side of things is mainly “access/consult/carry”. Even my tasks/appointments are actually managed from my workstation, although I’ll enter them on my smartphone as they arise.
Like every CRIMPer, I suspect, I’ve played with Bluetooth keyboards and smartphones, and lost interest fairly quickly.
I would, on the other hand, contest your suggestion (if I’ve understood you correctly, that is), that tablets aren’t suitable for doing sophisticated things on. Take a look at Federico Viticci’s fascinating descriptions of his work on iPads for more on that (macstories.com). But even then, it’s worth mentioning that he uses a large iPad Pro as his main workstation, not a 6-inch smartphone.