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In the car, at the mall, smartphone users can be found everywhere
Perhaps no technology has changed my life as a reporter over the past two years as much as the smartphone. I am a pretty heavy user of my mobile computing device, checking email on the go, posting updates to Twitter at local events and, yes, even occasionally making a phone call or two. That's why we were interested in the latest study from Compete on smartphone usage.
As you see in the chart above, the majority of smartphone users are utilizing the devices at every point of the day. For me, I've incorporated my smartphone into nearly everything I do as a reporter and nearly everywhere I go. I certainly use it in all of the seven categories mentioned above. (Don't tell anyone, but yes, it even travels with me into the bathroom. Why didn't Compete ask that?).
Where do you most frequently use your smartphone, and how has it changed your life?
For me, I find that the phone has replaced older technologies or changed my behavior. For example, I am using the built-in camera to shoot video at events -- something I didn't do three years ago. I am also a heavy user of the note taking function, whereas before I'd jot a tip or an idea down on a piece of paper. I no longer have an alarm clock on my nightstand, using the clock on my phone instead to get me up for those early morning breakfast meetings.
And then there's the information flood that comes through my device in the form of Twitter and email. I can't even begin to tell you how that's impacted what I do on a daily basis, making things both easier and busier at the same time.
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