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.

6. Piloting an augmented-reality drone quadricopter

If you're like most people, you're probably wondering what to do with your drone quadricopter. Well, wonder no more: There's an app for that.

The Parrot AR.Drone (not a typo) is a remote control four-rotor helicopter outfitted with cameras and sensors that can be controlled with an iPhone, and iPod Touch, or an iPad. You fly it by tilting your device. You can also play air combat games against other quadricopters, with your iPhone providing augmented reality in the form of crosshairs and tracer bullets, providing hours of fun.

By "hours" we mean "15 minutes," which is how long the thing's battery can keep it airborne.

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