Top 8 Uses For Your Old SmartPhone

8 More New Uses for Your Old Smartphone | PCWorld. I love my old smart phones. Once, they were my one and only; they lived with me. But, then a new model came along, and I succumbed to the charms of a younger phone. But, I keep the old ones in a gadget bag behind my desk. Occasionally, I will charge them up, update the software over my WiFi connection, and lovingly replace them in their bag. But, wait, what if I could use them for something? Just because they no longer have a cellular connection doesn't mean they are useless! They are Wifi tablets with tiny screens! In fact, my old HTC Incredible has a screen as large as an iPhone 4! So, I put it on the charger, loaded up the new free CoPilot app, which has maps of the entire North American continent available for free download, and I now have a shiny new Wifi tablet that also serves as an in car navigation system. Check out this PcWorld article for some other uses for that old phone. The old girl has some life left in her yet.