It’s pretty amazing what technology can do for those who really know how to take advantage of it. Making use of absolutely every minute, while riding on a commuter train? Check! Making everybody else

A novel author named Peter Brett, reportedly pressed down about 100,000 words on his HP iPaq while doing everyday commutes. He initially used the HP iPaq 6515 and then migrated to a newer HP iPaq 900. He also recounts why the iPhone couldn’t satisfy his mobile phone needs.

Peter Brett initially used a Palm Pilot in order to be able to write down things electronically while not at home, but he wanted to get something which can transfer data to and from a computer. That way, he can continue his work on the big screen when he gets home and take it with him whenever he would go somewhere else.

A Windows Mobile device was his choice after the Palm Pilot, simply because it can be transferred easily to and from Microsoft Word and more importantly, the device, a HP iPaq 6515, had a full QWERTY keyboard. Fast forward a couple of years, Peter Brett decided to upgrade to a newer model, the HP iPaq 900, because the 6515 was extremely buggy and unpolished.

Even though the Apple iPhone was available, he decided not to go with it because it didn’t have physical, tactile keys. And of course, that it would simply not work with Microsoft Word as easily as a Windows Mobile device would.

Should you choose to read more about his thoughts, on the Kindle along with some others, go here.

Peter Brett, is an obvious example, of one who fully takes advantage of the true purpose of smartphones. Some people go buy these types of phones just for show and sparingly use the multitude of functionality that come with it.

[via Laptop Mag and CrunchGear]