Comments on: Living With Technology

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:29:19 +0000

If anything happens to your current phone, that’s what you end up with, because this is the lowest cost of all of the phones that AT&T offers. The number on the phone is actually from San Diego as this is one of those “special deals” that was offered and the cell phone company would like to cancel but can’t because she is on a “family & friends” plan with the California branch of the family.

By: andante

andante — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:21:46 +0000

I definitely need a clamshell model. I keep forgetting to lock the keypad – or it mysteriously unlocks itself – and some of my loved ones in the address book get calls from deep inside my purse.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:18:13 +0000

Be ready to be unimpressed if there’s no nearby WiFi. You can telling that the CostCo eyeglass cleaning kit has a special fabric in it that works really well for cleaning the screen.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:02:06 +0000

any cell phone that lives with me has to be of the clamshell variety just to survive, what with the cats playing soccer with it, the dog hiding it under the bookcases, and me treating it about like alice treats hers [although i care less about damaging the phone than i do about accidentally dialing kathmandu or listvyanka].

i can always count on my gadgethead brother to have the newest and bestest toys and i fully expect him to have an iphone that i can play with the next time we meet up in some out-the-way corner of the country.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:33:16 +0000

My EOY’s all tend to be summer events, so I can enjoy this solstice and sweat the other.

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:25:32 +0000

Thanks! and a great holiday to you as well. I’ve been juggling too many projects with EOY deadlines so only been able to cruise by lately — but still enjoy the reading.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:03:34 +0000

The solution for the scratching is the spring steel and leather cases that the guys kept theirs in and the special cloth used for cleaning the screen. It seemed to be more trouble than it was worth.

OT: Happy holidays of your choice, Alice.

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:14:56 +0000

Admittedly, the iPhone is a sleek design. And while sitting at O’Hare, it’s a great distraction from the fact that you’re 40th inline for takeoff. However, I prefer my basic Nokia that fits in the pocket of my jeans or that I can throw in the bottom of a bag without worrying about scratching.