What a false dichotomy. Is the attitude around here so poor that we have to be 100% work or else we look upon their smartphone usage? I suppose die-hard Android VS iOS is still popular. I mean, who can't understand that playing Brickbreaker, or GASP even Angry Birds while on a plane can be a decent way to kill 10 mins during taxiing?

Tell me about it. I have to fight the urge to make snarky comments, given how ridiculous some of the comments here are. Amazed that people like to play games? Oh wow, god forbid people don't want to work or be productive 24/7...

I don't argue that games are a good way to kill some time (I play angry birds myself every so often) - what I find incredible is that people are making as much money as they are, selling games for these platforms. I don't know if any other class of apps are making as much money on these devices as games are - and that disturbs/disappoints me.

Games are appealing to about the widest possible audience. Everybody likes playing games, not everybody is productive in the same way, or works in the same way, etc.

Eeeh, what? The killing time and saving time division of phone usage is common in the mobile industry. There's of course nothing wrong with using the phone to play games or check your Facebook, it's just a very simple way to show two user scenarious.

It doesn't seem like a dichotomy to me. There are two types of food -- meat and vegetables, yet I can have steak and beans on the same plate. Moreover, I may eat one or the other alone depending on my disposition at any given time.