What Do Smart Phones (Partially) Replace?

[anorlunda]

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 $m/s^2$)

 

[Dale]

80 farmers almanac
81 expert advice on any topic

 

[anorlunda]

81 expert advice on any topic

You can call that the Cliff Clavin feature; named after the character on the Cheers TV program.

 

[ISamson]

82. Compass
83. GPS
84. TV

 

[anorlunda]

82. Compass
83. GPS
84. TV

Sorry already counted as #8, #9, #14
8 Hand held GPS
9 Compass
14 TV

So 82 is the next available

 

[jerromyjon]

proximity sensor but

To Earth.
82. Altimeter
I'd like:
83. Car starter/door remote
84. laser range finder
Surprisingly unavailable?

 

[jerromyjon]

85. Scale with self-adjusting geological calibration...

 

[Abhishek kumar]

1.Cigarette case
2.lighter
3.bottle of wine

 

[Demystifier]

86. USB memory stick.

 

[anorlunda]

87 oscilloscope with microphone input
88 volt/amp meter (with external XOIO card)
89 Arduino remote console/development system
90 Rasberry Pi remote console/development system
91 WYSIWYG Latex equation editor
92 Wolfram Alpha
93 Matlab
94 Sheet music display/play/edit/transpose

 

[anorlunda]

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

 

[256bits]

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]

3.bottle of wine

What did you mean by that?

 

[Abhishek kumar]

What did you mean by that?

Fermented juice of grapes especially to activate the mind

 

[ISamson]

Fermented juice of grapes especially to activate the mind

Sorry, I don't get it.

 

[Abhishek kumar]

Sorry, I don't get it.

Alcohol

 

[ISamson]

Alcohol

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

 

[CWatters]

Borescope (needs USB camera $10 from ebay).

 

[anorlunda]

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"

 

[Kninfinite]

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.

 

[OmCheeto]

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.

103. Virtual Reality headset

Stand alone w/o smart phone: $599.00
Google cardboard box VR thing for your smartphone: $7.99

 

[Kninfinite]

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?

 

[OmCheeto]

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

 

[Kninfinite]

Lol stole my idea. I need a patent help app. XD

 

[OmCheeto]

...

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"

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.

 

[Dr. Courtney]

106. Surveillance bug
107. Tracking device

 

[jedishrfu]

Alcohol

Using the smart phone is intoxicating to the user like alcohol.

 

[jedishrfu]

108 sign placard by airport limo drivers looking for their arriving client.

 

[jedishrfu]

109 conversational assistant as in talking to Siri or Alexa.

 

[jedishrfu]

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