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[auntiemeesh]

I called Radio Shack this morning and found out that I was eligible for a phone upgrade. So off to the shops I went and got myself a new phone. Unfortunately, they didn't have any that I really liked, so I had to make some compromises. I wanted both a touch screen and a slide out qwerty keyboard and they didn't have any AT&T non-smart phones that offered both. I decided that the keyboard was more important, so I have a keyboard but no touch screen, which my rational brain understands but my reflexes haven't caught on to yet. So I keep touching the screen and getting frustrated when nothing happens. I'm slowly catching on to how to use it, but it's a slow and painful process.

I ran into another snag when I realized that none of my contacts were saved onto my simcard. I'm not sure how that happened, but there it is. Since the old phone doesn't work anymore, it's too late to do anything about it and I'm in the process of rebuilding my contacts. This is complicated by the fact that I haven't figured out how this part of the phone works, yet. I thought I had entered a bunch of contacts, but when I tried to use them, I received an 'invalid entry' message or something like that. I know that I'll eventually figure it all out and using this phone will become as reflexive as the old one was, but I hate change, so I'm not thrilled at the moment.

On the plus side, I have figured out a temporary solution to the dead computer. I dug out my old laptop, which I haven't used in almost a year because the fan was super clogged with cat fur and wouldn't run anymore, and lo and behold, a year of idleness seems to have helped with that problem. Good old Puddlejumper is running sooooooo slowly, but he's running, so yay for internet access. Even more importantly, yay for being able to recharge my ipod!

Okay, time to put on some tunes and get a little bit of housework done before I have to go babysit.

Comments

[whtmtnwmn.livejournal.com]

Yay Puddlejumper!

Good luck with the new toy.
=D

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm slowly figuring out the new phone. I may even like it, some day. :)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

New phones always take a while to get used to. Hopefully, you will like yours once you have played with it for a bit.

Glad you have a way onto the internet. Nothing is more frustrating than not being able to get on line.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to figure the phone out. I have, at the very least, learned how to save contacts to the simcard so I won't lose all my contacts the next time I upgrade!

[feaxede-steorra.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you'll learn to like your new phone sooner than later. And it's great that you have your old laptop as back-up, even if it's running incredibly slow. It's better than nothing, at any rate.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly really surprised at how well the old lappy is holding up. And today it's not running any virus scans or downloading any updates so it's only really slow, rather than braincell-killingly slow. If this old thing had just a bit more umph to it, I'd use it all the time. I still like it more than the new one (which I've had for almost a year now). I'm really not any good at change, lol.