We don’t tend to jump on the latest ‘trends’. I am married to someone who thoroughly researches every consumer item for price and quality. Thoroughly. THOROUGHLY. So it was quite a few years after most people we know had cell phones when we finally got ours.
We could have made a grave mistake and jumped into the cell phone era too early! We managed to avoid looking pretty ridiculous. This could have been us:
I felt pretty cool with my clamshell flip phone. And I didn’t have to borrow a phone from one of the girls on the team when I got lost driving to an ‘away’ volleyball game (major embarrassment for my daughters, I know).
Then I moved up to this very cool Walkman model. I took this one to Ethiopia with me and listening to worship music saved me from turning into a blob of overwhelming fear. I am not kidding.
When we moved to Oregon we switched phone providers so I got this full keyboard LG – when texting was becoming one of the primary ways we communicated long-distance with our kids. I wanted a QRTY keyboard for that! I still have to chuckle because one of my nieces asks me all the time if she can have this phone – she says it looks just like a tiny laptop!
So on cyber Monday (did I hear you say DEAL?) we somewhat belatedly moved into the smart phone era. Remember, I dropped my phone into a cup of coffee and it has never worked quite right since. When Jeff’s started to die, we were forced to make a decision (hooray!). Now I can talk-to-text, find the cheapest gas station nearby and if I needed to get to a volleyball game in Wildomar, CA I could do it!
Remember, I had some real concerns about becoming a smart phone addict. So I’m trying to use it sparingly and wisely. I don’t want to have to worry about constantly checking my phone for updates or emails or texts. And, did you know that smartphone theft accounts for 1 in 3 robberies in most major cities (over half in cities like New York and San Francisco)? I don’t really want to have to think about that when I’m out in public with my phone. Plus I might be texting when walking down a sidewalk without padding installed around the lampposts, as in London:
So, watch out world. And get ready dear blog readers for a few tech-y app recommendations now and then on the blog.
It may be a long time until I get another phone. I’m holding out for one of these:
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Then I moved up to this very cool Walkman model. I took this one to Ethiopia with me and listening to worship music saved me from turning into a blob of overwhelming fear. I am not kidding.
When we moved to Oregon we switched phone providers so I got this full keyboard LG – when texting was becoming one of the primary ways we communicated long-distance with our kids. I wanted a QRTY keyboard for that! I still have to chuckle because one of my nieces asks me all the time if she can have this phone – she says it looks just like a tiny laptop!
So on cyber Monday (did I hear you say DEAL?) we somewhat belatedly moved into the smart phone era. Remember, I dropped my phone into a cup of coffee and it has never worked quite right since. When Jeff’s started to die, we were forced to make a decision (hooray!). Now I can talk-to-text, find the cheapest gas station nearby and if I needed to get to a volleyball game in Wildomar, CA I could do it!
Remember, I had some real concerns about becoming a smart phone addict. So I’m trying to use it sparingly and wisely. I don’t want to have to worry about constantly checking my phone for updates or emails or texts. And, did you know that smartphone theft accounts for 1 in 3 robberies in most major cities (over half in cities like New York and San Francisco)? I don’t really want to have to think about that when I’m out in public with my phone. Plus I might be texting when walking down a sidewalk without padding installed around the lampposts, as in London:
So, watch out world. And get ready dear blog readers for a few tech-y app recommendations now and then on the blog.
It may be a long time until I get another phone. I’m holding out for one of these:
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