When cell phones went “smart,” we jumped at the idea of carrying one device instead of several. Our rolodexes, Palm Pilots, paper planners, phones, and even to some degree, laptops have fallen by the wayside as we relish in the idea of being able to make appointments, contact people, surf the web, and social media with a single device. But somewhere along the line, the idea of smart technology jumped the shark and became…too smart.

While the first smartphone was the IBM Sim...