Is my iPhone making me smarter?

I think it makes you lazy.
Don't get me wrong, I love my iPhone, but it does cause you to stop thinking logically about the answer to a question and just thumb it off.
I mean, why think when the answer is just a few thumb presses away?
And if we create a generation of people who don't try and reason out their problems by themselves, then we're all doomed.
This "all you can eat buffet of knowledge," as someone put it, cheapens knowledge and in turn cheapens UNDERSTANDING. I know many people who know a lot of information, but lack the ability to truly grok or understand and connect the ideas together in a meaningful way.

I think it can make one smarter, if you want it to. I love using my iPod Touch for reading - everything from fiction to interesting and well-written news articles to how-to's and other books.

I dont have an iphone but then again I dont not care about a cell phone at all.I refused to buy one because I dont like to talk on the phone but I work for my family in the family business and when Im not there which is almost never they wanted to be able to reach me so the family got me a phone and they pay for it........I dont have a so called smart phone and will never have one if I can help it.Oddly my wife wanted to go eat at chilis last night which is fine by me,I like the peppercorn burger,that thing is tasty so as we left there at about 8 last night 3 teenagers were coming in and all three were texting as they walked in,not looking at each other or speaking to each other at all.I do not text,if I do want to use the cell phone which is very rare I just call people,why punch in a bunch of text when you can just call someone?I dont get it but then again I dont get the whole cell phone thing either.

I agree that the iPhone and similar devices do, in fact, offer unprecidented access to virtually all things known, anytime, anywhere. The price exacted for this "all you can eat buffet of knowledge," however is that, gone are the days of friendly debates over those tasty little slices of the trivial pursuit pie.
In the not so distant past it would oft be the person who made the best argument that won the debate, not necessarily the one with the right answer.
So in the wake of knowledge on tap, are the days of the bullshitter numbered?

So what we can all gather from both these articles and their responses is that the iPhone, computers, or the internet doesn't make us smarter, just more informed.

Remember you can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid!

I for one have no games on my iPhone, and while there are undoubtedly many out there who'll say games can make you smarter, um, no. I mean, it's possible, but highly unlikely in any practical sense.

I do however have many reference apps on my iPhone. Do they make me smarter? um, no. But they do give me anytime anywhere access to information. That may make me look smarter in the right situation.

Does knowing more stuff make you smarter? I think we're confusing knowledge and intelligence, just FYI.

I think the real question is discovered when a person finds themselves without their beloved Iphone. (Perhaps they left it in a bar.) Has their prior experience with their phone left them in a better state than they were before they were using it?

"What are the smallest countries in the world?"

The Pitcairn Islands have a population of less than 50.
The Vatican City has an area of less than half a square kilometer.

Amen