Technical Stuff

Ya know that I like all this technical stuff and talking about it on the blog.  I hope that for those of you that don't like it, I can simplify it enough that your eyes don't just glaze over.

So with that said, I feel I should answer some of the questions from the comments.  So here goes!

Loyce called it a Blueberry too for the longest time, so Gypsy you aren't alone.  And our kids would roll their eyes and laugh outright at her perceived stupidity.  She does this just to get them to react, most of the time.  And she was as broken hearted as anyone when she dropped her phone in the little dab of water and it died before her eyes.

And for Sam who uses his phone just to make calls and receive them, it is a slippery slope when you begin to use the smart phone applications.  Take a picture or two, and email them to yourself for the blog.  It ding dongs and you look down at the email from your kids miles away from your laptop.  And then you get an instant message about your grandson catching the biggest fish of his young life and a picture too.     How do you go back to just making phone calls.

And yes Laurie, we also bought a really cheapie phone from Wal Mart to replace Loyce's drown phone.  With GSM phones, you just take your little card out of the back of the broken phone and put it in the new one.  You have your phone book and everything, instantly!  That had an unforeseen outcome as well, because she began to use my phone with email to look at all the emails and instant messages.  Since we are literally never apart, we could really almost share one phone anyway.

And also, I only had to extend the contract on the phone on my line for 24 additional months.  The plan did not change, and the monthly price did not change, save for the next three months having to pay $55 additional for the new phone.  But the phone is $499 outright, so my $219 price defers almost $300 onto the upcoming 24 months of billing.  So about $15 of my monthly bill is to pay for the phone.

So I have decided that I want to learn even more features and applications on a phone that is virtually a laptop computer that will be in my pocket all the time, no matter where I am.  This will have a price that will be more than before.  But I won't need to buy an I pad and a air card or mifi to connect it up.

And lastly, the no contract phone.  They are the cheapest way to go on all this stuff.  It is always cheaper to purchase your equipment up front.  Freddy points that out correctly.  He only pays for the actual air service that he has subscribed to for the month that he has paid.  He can quit at any time.  He can buy a new phone at anytime.  It is the best way, if you can and want to own your own equipment outright.  In fact much of the world overseas works just this way.  It is here in the US that we seem to want to do everything on credit.  But don't get me started on that one!

We have several family members that were and are on TMO and that is why we stay there.  But my DIL Melissa has a no contract phone, and swears by it.  I just didn't want to lay out the $500 bucks all at once to purchase a new Android phone.

Are your eyes glassed over yet?

Another medical day here for me, will it ever end?

Retired Rod