Our smartphones have become Swiss army knife like appliances that include a dictionary, calculator, web browser, email, Game Boy, appointment calendar, voice recorder, guitar tuner, weather forecaster, GPS, texter, tweeter, Facebook updater, and flashlight.
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Just one turn in their email game simulator and I had to drag them in for an interview.
The company's second app is The Email Game, which, as the name suggests, adds some game mechanics to your inbox to help keep you motivated.
One immediate new feature available on the consumer side is the addition of in-email games.
I mean, really, I literally, just last night helped migrate a family member's calendar from Outlook to Google Calendar on his new Android tablet, which he uses primarily for email, documents, games and Bible study.
There are no other apps, no email, no games, no finger movements that summon up yet another distraction in a world overwhelmed by them.
While it's incredibly convenient to have everything from email to games in the palms of our hands, it can also be a quite literal pain in the neck.
It is important that family time be uninterrupted by email, video games or social media.
It is best to know if you want your phone to have access on email, calendar, games, cameras and video or simply you just want to have a phone for communication purposes only.
