When we are on our smartphones (iPhones, Androids, Blackberrys) we are unconscious stating to the world that WE ARE NOT really present where we are. We are indirectly stating that we are not fully present in the moment and that something or someone elsewhere is better elsewhere to pay attention to. We as a culture have not really decided how to deal with this reality but spending any time in public now one typically sees people staring into small screens and not noticing anyone or anything around them.