"The Smart Phone" .vs Economy

   OK so, smart phones may be the best thing since "sliced bread" but how financially friendly are they really? I recently received my new Sony Ericson Xperia X10 and found the cheapest plan to be $59.99 a month(i could do that,barely) not bad considering the features and the power that these "ANDROIDS" have inside there tiny little brains, not to mention there like having almost everything we will ever need, you can log onto face book, twitter and download just about anything you want,run a business and its a camera and a camcorder, i typed in meatball parm the other day and i had to pull onto the shoulder for fear of getting a ticket for eating behind the wheel. No but seriously, these new android powered cell phones are very easy to use and that's why they are no longer targeting-just the "business man", but are pushing there ads toward teens and working families, with that said back to $59.99 a month or should i say $111.64 a month after you pay the fees and taxes and the data plan and the text plan and i left out the 1 time activation($36.00) as well as the($69.99) just incase i lose the $459.00 phone, thankfully it was free as long as i locked myself in for a two year ride. I still bring home the same paycheck and i really need to find a second job now, it really baffles me how some families do it with several kids and in a lot of cases with only one income.
                                    How can i tell the Economy is back. Its by the size of restaurant garbage piles of course. The bigger the pile, the better — for more garbage indicates more customers,things are picking up from the last-i don't know how many years-severe economic downturn, with garbage now amassing to the telltale point that "this summer it was stinky again,from what i gather Forbes can tell how the Economy is doing by there "stinky index" For example, its "stinky index" would've been enhanced by a count of the number of people rummaging through those garbage bins to find something to eat all the while texting there better halves to ask what they would like for dinner tonight. So, if you think you can swing a new smart phone, by all means go for it-they are a lot of fun, and if your hesitant for the lack of cash flow, just hold off for a while and stay with your pre-paid  for 20 dollars a month(what i should have done)...              
                                                              _jay's_