I haven't been posting here much in the last month (not that anyone would notice or care) as I was offered an iPhone free by my carrier on a new 3 year contract and consequently took up their offer. Before owning such a contraption, I openly mocked those who did but now find myself one of the ever growing herd and have become as fascinated with it as everyone else. Who would have thought that an object that can be held in the hand has now replaced my calculator, weather station, GPS, radio, telephone, newspaper, books, magazines camera and watch, as well as being immediately available as a calendar, note taker, stock price indicator, currency exchange converter and lots more. The bloody thing fascinates me and I don't mind admitting it. It may also be responsible for an imminent and upcoming divorce from the person it has replaced. Are YOU any different than me? What's your take on yours?
Before the Mr., I had a boring $1 phone that only called and texted. I was content. Now I have a smartphone. (*)(*)(*)(*), but I like some of the toys that come on it. Zombie Gunship, Free Cell, the weather, stock tickers, ect. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't care. Since I do I like to use some of its features, but I am not all that into it. My phone just needs to call and text. I feel like all carriers are starting to push people into smartphones whether they like it or not.
Eh...some of us noticed. My husband talks to his. I don't care about mobile phones, I have one paid for by work so my own is optional. However, a strange scene (which UOTG will silently mock) arose when the battery on my old brickphone went. I asked Him to just get me a new phone, because I don't care what a phone looks like as long as it works. He tried to show me some phones online and I was "I don't care, any one, don't even show me them, just get the cheapest one as long as it has a good camera minimum 5 megapixels" etc. Then it so happened I had to go into the shop with him to get the thing and when he showed me which one it was... "NO. I don't want that." "Why not? You said any one with a good camera" "But...that's an ugly phone. It's a man's phone." "How is it an ugly phone?" "It's...it's ugly. It's black and square and it has an unhappy face" (!!! I know, I'm embarrassed) "What do you mean an unhappy face? How can a phone have an unhappy face" "IT'S NOT SMILING. Look at it's face. It mouth is going down at the corners, not up" Ended up with a touch screen phone with a jewel call button and gold quilted cover on the back. It's fine, it has Google maps and all kinds of handy things for an emergency. It will even call me and talk to me if someone boring or dangerous insists on hanging about. My next phone will be an ipod though, they seem to do all kinds of things... I've seen my niece feeding and protecting an e-hobo for weeks, some app she downloaded. My husband has an app that turns your pic into a killer zombie. He has a kindle type arrangement and reads the classics on the train. Actually my current phone probably does those things...I just can't be bothered..
My dad recently got one, the man has never cared about a gadget in his life, his last phone died after falling three stories off a roof, by the end it had a cracked screen no back and was held together with cellotape. This is his baby, no one else can touch it, I have no idea what he has on it except an app that cracks the screen, my mother was not impressed, neither was I for that matter.
