What Do Smart Phones (Partially) Replace?

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72 magnetometer
73 metal detector
74 light meter
75 barometer
76 gravitometer
77 piano tuner
78 piano keyboard
79 keyboard & mouse (should have put that near the start)

p.s. mine claims to have a gyroscope and a proximity sensor but I can't think of applications for those. Someone help me out.

p.p.s. I found an Android app called sensors multitool that revealed lots of interesting info about my device such as in the screenshot below. (If I hold it vertically, it does show 9.8 ##m/s^2##)
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82. Compass
83. GPS
84. TV
 
anorlunda said:
proximity sensor but
To Earth.
82. Altimeter
I'd like:
83. Car starter/door remote
84. laser range finder
Surprisingly unavailable?
 
85. Scale with self-adjusting geological calibration...
 
Here is a consolidated and renumbered list based on all the earlier posts.
  1. Phone
  2. Clock/watch
  3. Calendar
  4. Calculator
  5. Day planner
  6. Pencil & Paper
  7. Envelopes & Stamps
  8. Hand held GPS
  9. Compass
  10. Outdoor thermometer
  11. Maps
  12. Deck of cards
  13. Radio
  14. TV
  15. Camera
  16. Wallet full of loyalty cards, soon a wallet full of money and credit cards.
  17. Paper Newspapers
  18. Paper books
  19. Auto insurance cards for the glove box
  20. MP3 player
  21. Photo album
  22. Tape recorder
  23. Game consoles/board games/toys
  24. Home weather station
  25. Weather radiio
  26. WIFI hotspot and cable modem.
  27. Airplane or event tickets
  28. Sky maps/star charts
  29. Movie theater, 8mm movie camera, home film projector
  30. Video projector
  31. Records/record players/tape decks
  32. Night watchman/security guard/baby sitter
  33. Address book
  34. Pedeometer
  35. Mirrors to check my haircut from the rear.
  36. A doctor visit to look for wax in my ears.
  37. recipe book
  38. Owner's/operator's manuals
  39. DIY books
  40. Filing cabinets
  41. Flashlight
  42. Drone remote w/ video feed
  43. level
  44. laptop computer for internet
  45. Accelerometer
  46. Audio spectrum analyser
  47. Thermal imager
  48. TV Remote Control
  49. Barcode scanner
  50. Earthquake Early Warning Network Notification Device
  51. Bank Teller
  52. language Translator
  53. Car Mechanic (OBD plug-in diagnostics)
  54. Medical Pager
  55. CPR Notifications and CPR Coach (PulsePoint App)
  56. Vein finder for Phlebotomy
  57. Human interaction
  58. land lines
  59. telescope (40x) [$18.03 @ e-bay]*
  60. microscope (100x) [$14.99 @ amazon]*
  61. EM spectrometer (1000 lines/mm diffraction grating) [$1.70 @ homesciencetools]*
  62. Waiter/waitress check pad
  63. Credit card scanner
  64. Cash register
  65. Status symbol
  66. makeshift ignition source... (fire starter)
  67. Electric blanket replacement. (single use only. Sorry! [gas mask and fire extinguisher extra])
  68. Campfire thingy, when you can't find any firewood. (Not just an ignition source, but the source of a whole evening full of fun conversation. ps. Does anyone know how long these things burn?)
  69. Reflective surface ( to get the attention of would-be rescuers when stranded without service) [Or blink SOS in morse code]
  70. Decoy (leave it somewhere and divert attention from your real location)
  71. Dictionary/ thesaurus
  72. magnetometer
  73. metal detector
  74. light meter
  75. barometer
  76. gravitometer
  77. piano tuner
  78. piano keyboard
  79. keyboard & mouse (should have put that near the start)
  80. farmers almanac
  81. expert advice on any topic
  82. Altimeter
  83. Car starter/door remote
  84. laser range finder
  85. Scale with self-adjusting geological calibration...
  86. Cigarette case
  87. lighter
  88. bottle of wine
  89. USB memory stick.
  90. oscilloscope with microphone input
  91. volt/amp meter (with external XOIO card)
  92. Arduino remote console/development system
  93. Raspberry Pi remote console/development system
  94. Wolfram Alpha
  95. Matlab
  96. Sheet music display/play/edit/transpose
 
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97. comfort blanket
98. remote text alert device ( I'm breaking up with you:, or , Your fired. )
99 . easy to cut the conversation device and ignore ( Sorry - I have a call coming in )

What the heck is #88 bottle of wine
 
anorlunda said:
What did you mean by that?
Fermented juice of grapes especially to activate the mind
 
Abhishek kumar said:
Fermented juice of grapes especially to activate the mind

Sorry, I don't get it.
 
Abhishek kumar said:
Alcohol

So? How does that relare to OP?
Forgive my misunderstanding.
 
ISamson said:
So? How does that relare to OP?
Forgive my misunderstanding.

I think he means playing with your phone instead of drinking to amuse yourself. There are lots of instead ofs that could go there. Next consolidated list, I'll change that to "amusing way to pass the time"
 
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100. Gyroscope
You can use your phone to align yourself according to the gravity if you are drunk like hell XD.
101. Worlds biggest shop or you can say a market.
With apps like amazon who needs a regular shop anymore.
102. Academic Conference.
You can meet worlds leading academics like terrence tao and talk with them and also form large community of people discussing a topic online.
 
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Kninfinite said:
100. Gyroscope
You can use your phone to align yourself according to the gravity if you are drunk like hell XD.
111. Worlds biggest shop or you can say a market.
With apps like amazon who needs a regular shop anymore.
112. Academic Conference.
You can meet worlds leading academics like terrence tao and talk with them and also form large community of people discussing a topic online.
[bolding mine]

I think you need a counting app for your phone. :-p

103. Virtual Reality headset

Stand alone w/o smart phone: $599.00
Google cardboard box VR thing for your smartphone: $7.99
 
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Ohh sorry i was in a hurry XD. But why are we considering optional hardware. I mean you possibly make a whole robot just by continuing to add more and more hardware to a phone and fixing the phone a little?
 
Kninfinite said:
Ohh sorry i was in a hurry XD. But why are we considering optional hardware. I mean you possibly make a whole robot just by continuing to add more and more hardware to a phone and fixing the phone a little?

Two guesses:
1. As in my "Virtual Reality" example, the add-on for a smart phone is a lot cheaper than a stand alone unit.
2. Few people would want to spend the money for a smart phone with all of those features. I'm thinking it would have a price of several thousand dollars. And then of course, someone would think of "one more thing", and everyone would have to go out and buy the new i-phone 6000, just to keep up with the Jones.

ps. Robot sounds like a good suggestion. Anyone google that yet?
(google google google)

104. Robot
 
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Lol stole my idea. I need a patent help app. XD
 
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anorlunda said:
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p.p.s. I found an Android app called sensors multitool that revealed lots of interesting info about my device such as in the screenshot below. (If I hold it vertically, it does show 9.8 ##m/s^2##)
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105. PF Homework helper

HW helper; "Here are the x, y, and z components. Find g."
Om; "That looks like maths. Can you help me out here?"
HW helper; "Your smartphone has a spreadsheet app. Try that."
Om; "Ok"

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Om; "Yay!"

ps. I don't have a smart phone, but I googled, and spreadsheets are available for smart phones. At a nominal cost, of course.
 

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110 Augmented Reallity headset or viewer.
111 Tricorder
112 thing locator with trackable RFID tiles
113 Underground power locator with Bluetooth headset ie you lose the connection when crossing over one
114 doorstop
115 throwing weapon multiple use
116 fire starter if battery is shorted one time use
 
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