Like most of us, I really don't really realize how much my mobile device aides me in my day-to-day life; we tend to just take it for granted. Today, it actually struck me...
I had a followup dentist appointment, which my iPhone woke me for. While I was there, the dentist changed his mind about when he wanted to see me next, so the appointment got changed in Pocket Informant. I dropped off a prescription at the pharmacy and went home. While at home, I had an alert remind me that I had a meeting in the conference room at work. I was already on the phone with my car loan company (via bluetooth, thank goodness), so I hopped in the car and off I went.
(A little about the phone call before proceeding. I had called them ealier requesting a due date change and they gave me a list of information they needed from me, that I recorded in Notes. I got back on the phone with them, gave them the info from Notes that I had recorded and other info from my contact listing that they requested. Lastly, they needed a fax number, also in my contacts info. I was using my bluetooth headset so I could dig through the digital info while on the phone.)
Once I got to work, I put the headset away and began taking notes from the meeting. Occassionally, I needed to add a task or move a meeting and I did so via Pocket Informant then synced PI once the meeting was over. I was also able to solicit and make schedule changes via texting with my managers without disturbing the proceedings.
I walk in the door at home and it's time to take the wife to work. I grab my iPhone off the charger I had just put it on and away we go. After dropping her off, I headed to the library, which is only open till 5 today (so I'm not going to get as much work done as I would have liked), and receive a text message from her that she is about to receive feedback on whether or not she got into the management program.
So, I'm currently sitting at the library with my iPhone on life support (connected to my computer), waiting to her from hear with her results. And to think...a few days ago, I was ready to give up smartphones for simplicity...
By the way, I watched Lie to Me last night on Hulu (please let there be an iPhone app soon) and the iPhone got mad love on the show. They even used the real ringers and everything (unlike certain Treo cameos)...love it!