Could you do all of your work on a smartphone? If your name is Benjamin Robbins and you're the cofounder of software consulting firm Palador, the answer is an emphatic "yes."

Robbins decided to do everything on a Samsung Galaxy Note—the 5.3-inch smartphone paired with a stylus—for an entire year. And now, he says he can't imaging moving back to a PC as a primary work device.

"Humans are very much creatures of habit. I formed habits around mobility that I can't really imagine going away from," he said in an interview with IDG's CITEworld (that's "consumerization of IT in the enterprise"). "The first few weeks [of going mobile-only] were definitely tough, but everything's changing and moving at such a fast pace, the capabilities are expanding so fast, I can't imagine going back to a PC as my primary device."

Robbins noted that Microsoft's SharePoint, the widely used business collaboration software, "has not made the jump very well to mobile." As a result, he ended up relying more on Box and Dropbox. Although being mobile-only helped him focus on responding quickly to customers, there were some inconveniences. Robbins admitted that he missed having multiple applications and browser tabs visible at the same time, and managing files was also a bit of a drag.

As the CITEworld article notes:

For instance, he sometimes had to log into a virtual desktop to access Visio files, as there's no good Visio equivalent for Android. (He used Xtralogic's remote desktop client to log on.) Then he had to figure out how to move those files around. "Because I was thinking mobile, I had a strategy for that. But if you're not, if you're just storing files on file systems and network shares—doing what people have been doing for last 20 years—there's a shift there. The file system is a challenge."

If you're going to go phone-only, the Galaxy Note is probably a wise choice. Android exposes more of the file system to users than iOS does, and the Note's big screen and stylus add some versatility. Ultimately, Robbins said he'd like a smartphone that doubles as a PC when docked with a monitor and keyboard.

For his next mobility experiment, he said he might take a shot at using just a small tablet, like an iPad mini, Nexus 7, or Galaxy Note 8.

Robbins also chronicled his experiences on his personal blog, "Remotely Mobile."