Smartphones!

OMG! OMG!! Now I know what the fuss is all about with smartphones.

Let me rewind.

I was one of those die-hard functional people who still relied on good ol multimedia phones… you know… the standard phone/text/camera phone.  When the iPhone came out and people stood in line to make a purchase, I thought, ‘what a bunch of weirdos.’  I strongly believed Phones are for making calls and getting text messages.  Anything else could be accomplished on a laptop.Why de-compartmentalize my life  with one  gadget?

I don’t particularly love to run after technology the way people swoon over iPods or iPhones or ipads or kindles or netbooks or any other new craze that came along.  I might test it out of curiosity, but shelling $200 to $500 bucks for one piece of equipment that is not a flat screen TV is just not my thing.

Don’t get me wrong, I was tempted to get an iPhone but AT&T just scares me.  I am a Verizon lover through and through.  When the Droid came out, I was like aha!  Something I could actually sink my teeth into.  The Motorola design was so-so but the Droid OS was kinda cool so I thought I would get one – until I saw the price tag.

So I waited for the price to drop from $300 – to $200 – to $150.  But my wallet just refused to cooperate.

Then – a few weeks ago at a conference full of smart-phone loving web geeks and marketing people, my phone rang and I picked it up to shut it off…to the amusement of my fellow session goers.  They giggled.  Giggled!! At my phone. If it had been grade school I would have cried.

When I got home, I got online and got a droid…with a small d.  Yes, it is an LG Ally and free with a two-year contract from Verizon but I did not mind because (A) I don’t intend to leave Verizon and (B) I have never paid for a phone in my life.  I am that cheap financially conscientious.  (Remember we are in a recession and we need to live within our means).

Lil’ d arrived last night and I spent all evening playing with the thing squealing like a school girl when I realized the things I could do ( I don’t think I have been this excited since we got HBO AND showtime). The only downside is that the battery life sucks and I will have to get a car charger or something but whatever….I can now answer my phone with the techie pride I yearn.

I am never going back to the days of regular phones … not when I can access all of my six e-mail accounts, my blog, the almighty god google, weather, Facebook, twitter, eBay, amazon … I think my laptop is in danger of becoming obsolete.

On another note, I made my very first Korean dish.  It is called Pajeon.  It is a kind of seafood pancake.  I made Turtle try it first.  I figured if he keeled over then I would know it was not safe for human consumption.  I kid.

Also, I got this book called the Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives.  I read about it from another blog.  I am so sorry, I can’t remember the name of the blog …but I got it on Amazon and I just finished the first chapter.  It is by Lola Shoneyin (aka Wole Soyinka’s daughter-in-law).  She is talented in her own right and quite a humorous writer.  I can’t wait to finish it and give ya’ll the low down.