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Why Smart Apps Are Needed: "We're in an age of always being on. By that I mean, always connected. While cell phones have on and off switches, I don't know how often people turn off the phone versus just not answering it when it rings.We are also living in a time where tecnologies like Find Me/Follow me exist, but they are not yet really smart applications. I find that very humorous considering Microsoft and a bunch of cell phone manufacturers have named them 'Smartphones.'The cell phone's no smarter today than when it first really was introduced. Other than having more memory and storage, when you think about it beyond SMS and Ringtones, plus the ability to access the Internet, our cell phone's really arean't any smarter than back in the 80s.This is even more true with our traditional phone networks offered by the telcos. Not much new or really innovative has come down the pike since voice mail, three way calling, and a bunch of Class V features were rolled out.So when I read Alec's post this afternoon about Cellphone etiquette I got to thinking that most of that can be resolved with some 'smart applications' that could provide the type of intellect that we need to make the problem of 'rudeness' that has evolved since the always reachable aspects of society arrived."