I now own a smartphone. No, it isn’t an iPhone. And yes, I know if you don’t have an iPhone you don’t have an iPhone. I don’t need my Apple crazy friends to point that out. Black Friday ran such good deals on Droids, so I decided to pay attention and saved the cost of the phone. Of course the salesperson says it is better than an iPhone, but I’m quite certain if I’d said I wanted an iPhone they would have told me how wonderful it is as well.
One week into the purchase, and the jury is still out. It is fun, but I’m kinda scared of it – I’m just waiting for the kids to drop it or I’ll lose it or something equivalent. And I’m quite sure I don’t know how to use this thing to the fullest potential. I feel like I need to take a tutorial class on just the basics of how to hit the right keys when texting or how to make a bookmark. Recommendations are welcome on what apps to get (other than Angry Birds and FaceBook) that will help me enjoy using this new piece of technology.
Also… I can totally see how it can suck you in and I don’t have to interact with real people. For the first few days of ownership I didn’t talk to my family! As much as I enjoy FaceBook and appreciate the vast amount of information on the internet, it can easily call me away from real life. I mean, who wants to read out loud to their kids when I could instead be reading FB statuses of people I haven’t talked to in 15 years?
I think this phone will be a good thing, but I don’t want to be serving it – I want it to serve me! Any advice is welcome.
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