The 10 weirdest uses for a smartphone

If you're using your smartphone only to make calls, check your email, surf the Web, manage your schedule, take photos, shoot video, listen to music, watch movies, navigate via GPS, play video games, and update your Twitter and Facebook statuses, then you're really nothing more than a Luddite.

7. Performing live music on the subway

In October, the Brooklyn rock quartet Atomic Tom posted a video on YouTube of the band performing their song "Take Me Out" on the B train in New York City, using nothing but musical instrument apps on their iPhones.

The video got two million views in the first week, and the single rocketed its way on to iTunes top 100 chart.

Here's the video. The guitar app is iShred. And they are probably also using Virtuoso, Drum Meister, Pocket Guitar, Bassist, and Von Bruno microphone.

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