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.