Less Wrong Product & Service Recommendations

lukeprog

I have often benefited from recommendations for Things I Didn't Know I Wanted.

Given that Less Wrong is a community of unusually intelligent, critical, and self-improvement-focused people, I suspect we can generate a pretty helpful thread of product recommendations — perhaps even a monthly thread of product recommendations.

Rules:

Post one product your recommend per comment, so they can be discussed and voted on independently.
Provide a link for purchasing the product.
No books, movies, TV, games, or music. (These should go in other threads, like this one or this one.)

I'll post my own recommendations to the comments section, too.

I have often benefited from recommendations for Things I Didn't Know I Wanted.

Rules:

Post one product your recommend per comment, so they can be discussed and voted on independently.
Provide a link for purchasing the product.
No books, movies, TV, games, or music. (These should go in other threads, like this one or this one.)

I'll post my own recommendations to the comments section, too.

In the vein of "Things I Didn't Know I Wanted": an iPhone. I didn't know I needed a smartphone until I got one. It has improved my life, in many small ways that I had trouble predicting. Example: I no longer have to plan anything when I'm leaving my apartment, because I know I can look up whatever I need using my phone.

I no longer have to plan anything when I'm leaving my apartment

Do you mean that GPS navigation relieves you from the burden of planning your spatial transportation?

Can you please provide other examples (ideally as many as you can) about how owning an iPhone have improved your life?

As you can tell from my other comment, I'm currently very sceptical about such claims. My hypothesis is that most such claims are delusional; people are not aided by smartphones, justifying owning them as convenience while using them as entertainment and receiving additional s... (read more)

0listic14y

I am actively avoiding buying a smartphone because I wouldn't like to (descending priority): * spend my time fiddling with it * spend my mental energy fiddling with it * spend money on toys * charge a phone every day (my phone lasts a week) * be unable to read display at all times (my phone has very readable b/w display; shows time in large digits when idle) I currently have Nokia 1208, which retailed for €25. One might consider newer Nokia 1280 as an upgrade, which has FM radio with 3.5mm headphone jask and RRP of €20. Personally, I find 1208's build quality more appealing, and it's thinner as well and has different style keyboard, but this is a matter of taste, probably. What am I missing?

1A1987dM14y

It costs several hundred dollars more than other smartphones, though. Except for battery life and status signalling, why is it better?

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