Although, as one correspondent reminded me, that does not mean trying to be too smart or taking too much Dutch courage.

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So here are a few suggestions of what is out there for anyone who does not need their phone to be too smart.

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Prediction: we are going to see more and more Republicans and outsiders attacking Romney in the coming weeks not for being a flip-flopper, but for being too smart.

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That's not smart medicine, and it's bad economics too.

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They spend too much time trying to show off how smart they are and not enough time analyzing the client.

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Not too far into the future, it may become commonplace for people to run common functions in their homes using their smart phones.

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