Thinking about abandoning the smartphone ========================================= Recently i am more and more thinking about my phone. Yeah, on the one hand those things are pretty amazing, on the other hand... well, my inner tinfoil hat has his doubts. Its also a thing regarding focus: Even after leaving reddit (and blocking it on networks i use) i still cannot overcome this urge to reach out to the smartphone the moment i feel somewhat bored. It... bothers me, just a tad too much. So i am currently thinking about my options. My thoughts about an everyday-carry-bag of electronics are so far: - The DevTerm - A old Casio Exilim compact camera - Old Kindle reader with tons of PDFs on it - A Dumbphone Well, for navigation issues i have a TomTom lying around that i rescued a while ago from the electronic waste heap of the company i work for. Now i am looking for a medium dumb phone that can make calls and can provide a mobile hotspot for the DevTerm... or a dumbphone and a mobile hotspot. Tomorrow i will have the opportunity to again go scavenging in the never diminishing heaps of old electronics... perhaps i will get lucky.