Today I spent two hours in a meeting with The Man.  I'm sure everyone reading this is in an organization with someone who qualifies as The Man, if not several qualifying people.  Resultantly, you probably all know the nervousness that a meeting with The Man can bring.

During this particular meeting, numerous people had their phones ring in the middle of the meeting, neccessitating the embarrassed fumble-through-pockets-until-you-find-the-phone-then-figure-out-which-button-to-hit-to-shut-it-up routine that everyone has seen if not experienced.  This experience is at its worst when you are in a meeting with The Man.

Towards the end of the meeting, I got a call myself.  However, I had not remembered to put the phone in Silent mode.  Fortunately, it still only buzzed and did not actually ring.  Why?  Because the Microsoft Smartphone rocks!  It has the inteligence to look at my calendar and, if it sees that I am in a meeting, it automatically goes into silent mode.

It's simple things like that which make the Smartphone a great device.  Add in that you always have meeting info no matter where you are, access to your email anytime in an easy manner, good games to pass the time while you wait for others at meetings, and some cool media functionality for WMA's, MP3's and even video, and you will find that the Smartphone is a great toy.