8 Creative Ways to Use Your Smartphone Underground

 By 
Rebecca Hiscott
 on 
8 Creative Ways to Use Your Smartphone Underground

We live in a commuter's world, but our smartphones have yet to catch up. Without cell service or Wi-Fi in the subway or on airplanes -- although that may change -- we're forced to interact with our (generally unpleasant) surroundings.

Or maybe not.

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Now those precious minutes underground can be put to good use. With this collection of apps and digital tools, you can learn a new language, start a journal or become a wilderness expert, all without a single service bar. We think that's pretty magnifique.

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