But I suspect I will be forced to adopt. Here are just two reasons why. Imagine the scene.
I sit down at my computer just before bed, just in case there is an email from Lucas' school about something I should know about.
Look - a note about school conferences, emailed from Lucas' teacher 1:23 pm : "Early spots available", that is, more convenient spots available.
Look - a note about school conferences, emailed from Lucas' teacher 1:35 pm: "All early spots filled."
I know these parents are NOT sitting around waiting to get school communications, and suddenly I am confronted by the thought that perhaps not having a smartphone has become a liability. Do the ones with the most advanced technology have an advantage over me (at least of choice)?
The fact that my phone is really just a phone is a problem, although I do have the ability to send and receive texts. However, this texting comes at an exorbitant rate since my phone is not designed to send texts, so I get charged a premium. Here's the situation:
I start to compose my text
C-a---a--oops--n y--o--u- g-e-t --t-h-e--m-a-i-l--":$#---?
and 4 minutes later it's done
3 seconds later (response by a smartphone user, my husband):
Did you want me to stop by the grocery also? Did we need milk? Anything else? Love you!
2 minutes later:
y----Y--e--s--s--t-o-p, m-i-l-k--o-n-l-y
You get the idea. My phone is only good for single word conversations, but my smartphone-wielding friends and family don't understand the limits within which I exist.
When my contract is up, I will probably go with a smartphone (and an exorbitant data plan), so I too could move with the speed of others in the smartphone world.
For a picture of my much-maligned but very functional phone, see below.
I sit down at my computer just before bed, just in case there is an email from Lucas' school about something I should know about.
Look - a note about school conferences, emailed from Lucas' teacher 1:23 pm : "Early spots available", that is, more convenient spots available.
Look - a note about school conferences, emailed from Lucas' teacher 1:35 pm: "All early spots filled."
I know these parents are NOT sitting around waiting to get school communications, and suddenly I am confronted by the thought that perhaps not having a smartphone has become a liability. Do the ones with the most advanced technology have an advantage over me (at least of choice)?
The fact that my phone is really just a phone is a problem, although I do have the ability to send and receive texts. However, this texting comes at an exorbitant rate since my phone is not designed to send texts, so I get charged a premium. Here's the situation:
I start to compose my text
C-a---a--oops--n y--o--u- g-e-t --t-h-e--m-a-i-l--":$#---?
and 4 minutes later it's done
3 seconds later (response by a smartphone user, my husband):
Did you want me to stop by the grocery also? Did we need milk? Anything else? Love you!
2 minutes later:
y----Y--e--s--s--t-o-p, m-i-l-k--o-n-l-y
You get the idea. My phone is only good for single word conversations, but my smartphone-wielding friends and family don't understand the limits within which I exist.
When my contract is up, I will probably go with a smartphone (and an exorbitant data plan), so I too could move with the speed of others in the smartphone world.
For a picture of my much-maligned but very functional phone, see below.
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I am envious of those ubiquitous messages..
...sent from my wireless device
...sent from my Blackberry/iPad/iPhone