As part of my quest to live simply and save money, I have grudgingly eliminated even my most basic data plan on my phone. Here’s what I can still do on my cheap, carrier-crippled-yet-surprisingly-useful phone:
- Check the day’s events on my calendar
- Get a weather report
- Listen to some tunes
- Find a local restaurant
- Get movie times
- Check stocks
- Check my email inbox
- Get the definition of a word
- Look up directions (in a pinch)
- Post to Twitter
- Take a picture
- Watch a video
- Make a todo list
- Play games
- Convert units of measure and currency
- Use a scientific calculator
- Backup my contacts to the cloud
- Make voice note
- Capture a reminder
- Check world times
All of this is possible on my Nokia 5130 XpressMusic “dumbphone”, with built-in apps + Google txt services.
