I’ve replaced my cell phone with the next generation of the one I had. I debated it, but in the end decided to get the one with the features I wanted that actually best fit my hand. I looked at a slide model, but the woman helping me told me those were quite fragile, which will not do at all. I looked at some PDA/phones as well, but really, what’s the point? I can use the one I got for reminders and the few text messages I send, and my schedule is no longer so full that I need an electronic brain. Were I still in full-time practice, it would be another matter, but I’m not. Likewise if my son were involved in numerous after-school activities that required I keep track of them, but he’s not either. Those things for which I have to be on schedule happen daily, and so are easy to keep track of.
The replacement process took about four times longer than I thought it would, but I did not grudge the time. What took so long was the staff’s efforts to get my phone list copied to the new phone. It took them 4 or 5 tries. I lost count, but I’m very grateful that they didn’t give up. So I haven’t lost my list of contacts. Now if I can just get my photos to transfer to my computer when the phone’s keyboard doesn’t work, I’ll be able even happier.