Eddie Smith on how it’s now harder to justify not owning an smartphone than it is to justify owning one:

Add to this the value your app phone will bring when

• Freeing up time on vacations that you’d otherwise spend fumbling with a map, or worse, lost
• Price comparing products in stores by simply scanning bar codes
• Having more options for staying in touch with family
• Running your business more efficiently by triaging email on your phone before sitting down at a full keyboard to do better things . . . to name only a few.

They’re not just toys anymore, and honestly, it’s getting harder to cost-justify not owning one anymore.