Much more Smart phone Users Taking photos, Changing status updates at Restaurants. Please give your views and thoughts about using smartphones in restaurants.

1. SMARTPHONE FOODIES
ELITE RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT

2. SMARTER FOODIES

3. Playing on your phone
might be taboo while
out to dinner, but more
people are pulling out
their mobile devices to
snap and share pictures
of meals and update
their Facebook statuses,
a new study suggests.

4. According to an
infographic by market
research firm Lab42,
about 19% of those that
use their smartphone
while at a restaurant
update their status on
Facebook. Meanwhile,
about 24% said they
take pictures of their
entrees and 18% check-
in to the restaurant on
services such as
Foursquare.

5. Not surprisingly,
smartphone users
(20%) are also
communicating with
others to make dinner
plans and 19% use
mobile devices to find
nearby restaurants.

6. Meanwhile, about one
in five people who use
their smartphones
during their dining out
experience do so to view
a menu online and find
directions.

7. Does it bother your
when someone uses a
phone while at a
restaurant or is it now
socially acceptable?