Smart Phones: The Bono of technology.

I am convinced that Steve Jobs and his team of evil geniuses were and still are U2 fans. Let's face it. 93% of the world now has some sort of "Smart Phone", just like (mindblowingly) it seems that 93% of the world are STILL U2 fans.Whether it be an iPhone, Android, Simbian or Blackberry, gone are the days of the good old Nokia 5110 and the gnarly "Snake" games. Ironically, Smart Phones are catering to the simple minded folk, making people dumber, lazier and i'd say a whole lot more smug. There is nothing more satisfying than watching some douchebag painstakingly amble and grab for his precious iPhone, then watching it essentially disintegrate into shards of plastic & metal after he runs into your trailing elbow, simply because he can't "Check-In" and walk a straight line on a footpath at the same time. Such is the luxury of having a Smart Phone, is that you have the ability to let all of your Twitter & Facebook "friends" know exactly where you are at any given time. I'm pretty sure that i don't give a fuck (in that i am in the minute 7% of the world who don't own said Smart Phone) that you are in line at Woolies buying your McCain frozen pizza and Potato Gems with your current partner and whoever the fuck else you've somehow suckered into being with you at that particular point in time, and i'm confident that some of your less shallow friends share my view on that matter.
Smart Phones have made people so dependant on technology it's scary. Next time you are on the bus, or train, or ferry, or any other mode of transport, see if you can spot the person NOT vigorously smashing their index digit into the gigantic touchpad screen. We've effectively become Zombies (badass). Slaves to technology, (not so badass) if you will.
I also don't buy into the fact that they make life any easier. Case in point, a tourist wandered into where i work with a bewildered look on his face, and he proceeds to pull out an iPhone with some sort of GPS app already in use, and asked me where the little red dot on his outrageously bright screen was. What's the fucking point of using your GPS app if you are unable to follow a simple line? Fuckin' mook. He was literally, 2 doors away from his desired destination.
I'm of the opinion that Smart Phones simply make life more bearable, not any easier. It seems people need to be the centre of attention, if not an update on a Facebook timeline. The need to feel popular astounds me. The constant need for approval, infuriates me. I genuinley find Smart Phones as offensive as The Edge's guitar tone.
Unfortunately, the fact is, that at some point in the near future, i will have to bend over and take the fisting through gritted teeth, and accept that they are the future. There is no re-programmed T-800 sent back in time to stop the army of T-1000's that are the countless Smart Phones. Much like Michael Biehn's character in nearly every movie he's ever been in, my dream of a Utopian society without  Bono, The Edge, whoever the fuck else is in U2, Smart Phones and countless dickwads that use them, is snuffed out.