Please tell me it's worth the cost to get a smartphone!

[Irulan]

FWIW, iphone does NOT sync with Outlook 2010 yet, but then, the 2010 version is still in Beta, which probably has something to do with that.

Iphone 4 syncs with Outlook 2010 just fine, I've been doing this since Xmas.

Have you been able to play music in your car?

I can't do it with my brand new Droid Incredible and DH can't do it with his iPhone. He explained it to me just a little bit ago - the jack in a phone, unlike the jack in an iPod, is for a combined microphone/headphone, so it takes a different plug from the stereo cable that you can easily find in male-to-male. Cables are apparently available but kind of expensive. I suppose we could fabricate one pretty easily with parts from Radio Shack.

I use my iPhone 4 as a music player just fine through the male/female auxiliary jack in my car. No problems here. The cable cost $7.95 at Radio Shack. It is the same kind of plug as earphones.

As for cost, we have a family plan. Once we got the phone ( upgrade, saved a lot of money) it added exactly $15/month plus fees to our plan. I discovered right away that I didn't need the unlimited plan. You only need that if you are streaming Pandora, streaming Netflix etc.

One can be a smug Luddite all they want (I have an answering machine, who needs a smart phone) but they are very useful tools, aside from the fun stuff. I'm sold.