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I saw a sentence on the introduction page of a pedometer app. Click
[このアプリについて](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapion.android.arukuto&hl=ja&gl=US).

> スマホを持って **歩くと** 、カワイイ住民たちから様々な依頼が届きます。

My interpretation: You'll get a variety of requests from the cute locals as
you stroll around with your phone. If I were to write it, I would probably do
so in the te form, like this:

> スマホを持って **歩いて** 、カワイイ住民たちから様々な依頼が届きます。

Does the meaning of these two sentences alter in any way?

と should be a particle, in my opinion, while 歩く(あるく) is a verb. When I looked
up と on the [Jisho](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A8), I believe it to be "if;
when," which is what -て from means in this line.
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What does と mean as in スマホを持って歩くと?
You are right about the meaning of と. It is _as, when_.

Looking at [the definition of て](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A6) in Jisho,
it

> indicates continuing action.

Since the latter part (依頼がとどきます) is not an action of the subject, using て is a
bit unnatural.

* * *

It is natural to say スマホを持って歩いて、ポケモンを探します to mean _You walk and search for
Pokemon_.

For comparison, スマホを持って歩くと、ポケモンを探します is unnatural whereas
スマホを持って歩くと、ポケモンが見つかります is fine. Note that 探す is an action and 見つかる is an
event.
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