I've been curious about what life is like for college students with smartphones. When I was in college, practically at the dawn of time, we didn't have mobile phones _or_ the internet. I really don't think I would have had enough discipline to focus on school, with the distraction of social media and texting available. How do you guys who are in college manage it?
I had a blackberry while I was in college, so my world was just around the wonder messenger known as BBM. It was only in my 3rd year that I got an iPhone which actually made a lot of things way easier than before with it's huge arsenal of apps. I didn't let it effect my finals though which I think is manageable if you are determined to not be controlled by it.
Don't use my phone in class unless it's a work call. We also generally have computers in front of us in classes, my solution to that is just to stay off the computer. I do enough of that at work and home.