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    Smartphone now present a whole new set of etiquette issues 

as entire tables disappear into the Internet via small glowing 

screens. The modern smartphone has morphed into instant 

messenger, mailbox, camera, flashlight, computer, map, 

dictionary, newspaper, personal assistant, and social media portal. 

As such its use at the table has become so prevalent that 

restaurants are now forced to incorporate how to deal with them 

into the sequence of service and table maintenance. Restaurants 

have begun offering diners small plates to hold their phones in 

order to shield them from potential spills and dinner debris. 

    Some fine dining restaurants frown upon cellphone use. And a 

few places for as far as to post “no cellphone signs.” But most 

restaurants are finding ways to address what many consider the 

new reality of our fast-paced digital era while at the same time 

working to encourage diners to say involved with their dining 

companions.