Personally, I don't see why he uses the iphone when we have a huge screen imac 10 feet away, but he's gotten very good with that iphone, shrinking and expanding the screen and moving it around so he can see stuff.
Barb,
I think its the challenge of doing it on that tiny screen. As Vince Lombardi said, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
Either that, or he just doesn't want to get off the couch...