I Phone; Good Idea or Not?

The I phone was used for several different purposes. In my opinion if they were a freshman in college this could be a very useful tool for them. I know when I first started college, especially going to a new school, it is so easy to get lost. The I phone uses a navigation system just like a GPS would be in your car except on your I phone it shows you exactly where you need to go without getting lost =). I also thought that the availability to check to coarse calendar would be very useful. Alot of times we are not by a computer to be able to check when classes are available and so forth so using a I phone allows you to access and pull up a coarse calendar at anytime. On the other hand it had some cons. Students were using the phone as a social interaction to be able to talk to their friends. We as college students get told all the time to put our phones away because it is a distraction (text messaging, phone calls etc), but an I phone is a phone so why would that be okay to use when our regular phone is not.