I, like most people, did not grow up with a cell phone. Yet, if I leave my home without it, I feel like my arm is cut off and in most cases, will turn around to get it. MUST.HAVE.IT.WITH.ME.
Over the years, the added features like calendar and a few modest games were nice to have, but nothing that I required. I had my computer for that stuff.
I'm not a video games kind of gal. Never have been.
We upgraded to the Blackberry Storm phone (yes, Linda & I got matching phones via a buy 1 get one free deal!) over the weekend. I'll admit it. My life has been changed. I'm not sure it's changed in a good way. But it's changed. No going back.
I'm connected. Fully. (well, not tied to my work e-mail - unless they want to fork over the additional cost of having THAT connection)
Not only am I connected. I can touch it... all the time. And things on the screen move when I touch it. It's mesmerizing. Sometimes I just touch to move things. Not really DO anything, but just to drag my finger over the soft screen and watch all those lovely colorful icons move. nice.
It's utterly amazing how quickly something can become part of your life. Oooh.. a little vibration on my hip... must see what e-mail might have come in or who updated on Facebook or hey, did someone IM me?
But seriously, the best thing is that no more will I ever get annoyed by waiting (unless, of course it causes me to be late myself for something following).
I can go online and read on my phone. The news. Sports. What Angelina is up to. It's all there at my fingertips.
I hope I can manage to continue my other everyday things, like working. or conversing with my partner. As for parenting, it's the ultimate in placating a bored child in the car! :)
Everybody is happy. oh and there's this game "Brick breaker"... kept me up til almost 1am last night...
Kristie has that phone and loves it. It's so cool to be connected, but yeah can become addictive. Be careful!
Posted by: Jess | 06/10/2009 at 12:14
uh o... the pod people finally got you.
its funny... my blackberry had the opposite effect on me.
made me feel like i was way to ON the grid.
I am longing for a time when I can disconnect.
Posted by: weese | 06/10/2009 at 12:26
I'm waitin' on the G1 m'self.
I figured I have to sleep w/ Jess just 83 more times to get it.
Posted by: Tina-cious.com | 06/10/2009 at 14:07
LOL HAHAHAHA! Try 170.
Posted by: Jess | 06/10/2009 at 14:09
Weese... nah - connecting is all good.
Jess & Tina... this blog is NOT for your foreplay to start, kids! Jeesh! kids.. tsk! tsk!!
Posted by: val | 06/10/2009 at 14:13
this is why they call it a "crackberry" :-)
Posted by: Leah Caruso | 06/10/2009 at 14:43
I feel the same way--I have no idea what I ever did without a BB, I can't imagine ever NOT having one again, and I often wonder whether or not these are good things. :)
Posted by: kraftykay | 06/10/2009 at 15:22
leah... oh yeah!
KK... :) perhaps we'll all get together and 'blackberry' together?!!! over drinks?!!!
Posted by: val | 06/10/2009 at 15:34
I feel like that about my iPhone. I can't even imagine how I functioned w/o it. I love being connected all the time, if I want to be connected.
Posted by: PixieFlute | 06/10/2009 at 17:47
only my boss (for emergency staff filling situations only), husband and boy have my cell phone number. i don't want to be connected to the world all the time, but i want to make sure that i'm available to my family (and income).
Posted by: Naomi | 06/10/2009 at 22:30
I don't do much on my cell. I only turn it on to make a call. There is just no way I want to deal with everybody all the time.
(I'll let you know when that changes if I ever get an Iphone...)
Posted by: KMae | 06/12/2009 at 00:11