I agree. Having most of man's collective knowledge in your pocket is an INCREDIBLE thing. I'm tired of technology being cited as the enemy of social interaction. So is a book, if you ignore people to look at it. It's a tool, an amazingly useful one, and it's not the phone's fault if you get so engrossed in it you ignore your fellow humans and forget to wash.
The fact that you can look anything up anywhere and at any time means that the human memory is beginning to shrink. Before long nbody will be able to have a conversation without recourse to an electonic device. You asked me how I was - hang on a sec, let me just find out what the appropriate answer is and I'll tell you.