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My New Phone So Far...
Oct. 26th, 2014 10:56 pmThank you to everyone for your help and suggestions!
First of all, since I knew my billing cycle was going to be up soon, I should have done all my App. downloading when I FIRST got the phone instead of mainly this week. Now, I'm almost at my 3 GB limit with about three weeks to go. Oops.
The phone itself is wonderful with large buttons and it's the easiest I've ever used since I remember having problems with even the rotary and cordless kinds. I think my mom should find it easier to use then my last phone which she began refusing to use. The call quality is nice and I can turn the speaker up so high that I can just talk rather than have it glued to my ear all the time.
There's a lot of swiping. Swipe this to open the phone. Swipe that to answer a call. Swipe down to make notifications appear, Swipe away to make it all disappear. It makes me feel a bit like Tony Stark.
All my contacts now have PICTURES! I have Thor.
I understand the allure of texting now. I have unlimited texts and it's just like a more reliable for of Instant Messenger! Plus, I have letters AND numbers on the same page! It's not like in a minuscule Blackberry way either. It takes up almost half the screen and if I turn it sideways, it DOES fill up half the screen. With my previous phone and iPod, my mom usually had me read the messages addressed to her but now the words are large enough, she can easily see them for herself.
The email is problematic. I still prefer the Apple set-up where deleting an email opens the next email in line instead of sending you back to Inbox. It's like being sent back to Start each time you complete a level.
The camera is taking some time to adjust. I thought it would be even better than my old phone about making sure I didn't shake my photos, but it appears to be worse. I'm trying to relearn how to take photos to compensate around it. The camera is also a lot faster than my old one so when you press the button, that's the photo instead of the photo being 3-5 seconds later. I had to have Alisha show me how to use Zoom because I'd never had a camera before with touch controls like that. It's very strange, but I'm getting better at getting it more precise. I had to download a Sports control which seems strange because it was standard before and best for moving vehicle shots, even Disney recommended it. I haven't tried any of the fancy tricks. I haven't seen any need for them although the Beauty Shot is kind of fun especially on food. It's like AutoTune for photos, lol.
I hate Google. It constantly wants to be in control of things. I feel like I have to decline at least eight times a day. It also talks now, like its own version of Siri. I'd rather have Cortana but Microsoft claims Cortana has nothing to do with the Halo character which is disappointing.
I'm trying to use S Health to get more fit. It measures all my steps daily, calories and suggests other exercises to do. It'd be boring but it makes stuff into Achievements just like a video game which makes it a little more fun...although I still have only achieved 10,000 steps once. I also downloaded 7 Minute Workout because it's only seven minutes, how hard could it be? It was invented by SATAN. It's so hard but I want to keep trying.
Shazam has its limits. Youngest nephew did a version of Jingle Bells that Shazam could not identify.
LiveJournal is wonderful...how often does that sentence pop up? However, it's the most user friendly App. I've found. I can access anywhere at any time without all this scrolling back to the top non-sense as everyone else does. Even with Tumblr, I have Double-Hit the Home icon to get it to back to the top AND have it Refresh. Twitter works, but it's also annoying. Facebook is one I've refused to download and it works better through the Internet Browser.
DirectTv sucks. I possibly can watch stuff On Demand but their Live Tv is almost non-existent and they refuse to acknowledge that my DVR set exists. My mom claims that being 5 or 6 years old, it's too old.
Super Monkey Ball Bounce sucks. I'm contemplating whether to shell out $2.99 for the actual game because that was one of my favorite games when I first got my iTouch. If you've never played it on a iTouch or phone, it's quite awesome. You turn the device to control the ball.
I am enjoying Cut the Rope and Mahjong.
I have downloaded iHeartRadio, Pandora, Milk, and Soundcast which I hope will cover all of my music needs. Galaxy 5 has no radio tuner. I liked Pandora until I added Alan Jackson and Vangelis to my Green Day channel and broke it. Milk seems the easiest to use and I like that they have both a video game channel and K-Pop! I hear a lot about K-Pop but I don't have a lot of experience with it so this is fun.
Marvel Comics and Comixology both have FREE comics! I can't wait especially since Comixology has some of the independents. I also regret not doing all my codes as soon as I got them. I never imagined having a device where I wanted to read them on it.
HULU! Oh my gosh, so much stuff, I love it except for being blocked by Hulu+ only. Still, did you know they had BLACKPOOL!?? Naturally, Hulu+ but still, almost makes me tempted to shell out the cash for it.
Kindle gives you a free book each month BUT it tells you which ones to choose from and none of them struck my fancy. There are a LOT of free classics though, even War and Peace, hehe...my mom said not to download that one or it'd take up all my memory.
T-Mobile TV sucks. Again, no live watching and it costs money per month. Fuck that.
However, with Dropbox, I can work on all my files from home, like my stories so I love that.
Here's my former baby, soon to be added to my collection of antique cameras:
I don't know how it ended up upside down and yes, this was state of the art for 2009.
First of all, since I knew my billing cycle was going to be up soon, I should have done all my App. downloading when I FIRST got the phone instead of mainly this week. Now, I'm almost at my 3 GB limit with about three weeks to go. Oops.
The phone itself is wonderful with large buttons and it's the easiest I've ever used since I remember having problems with even the rotary and cordless kinds. I think my mom should find it easier to use then my last phone which she began refusing to use. The call quality is nice and I can turn the speaker up so high that I can just talk rather than have it glued to my ear all the time.
There's a lot of swiping. Swipe this to open the phone. Swipe that to answer a call. Swipe down to make notifications appear, Swipe away to make it all disappear. It makes me feel a bit like Tony Stark.
All my contacts now have PICTURES! I have Thor.
I understand the allure of texting now. I have unlimited texts and it's just like a more reliable for of Instant Messenger! Plus, I have letters AND numbers on the same page! It's not like in a minuscule Blackberry way either. It takes up almost half the screen and if I turn it sideways, it DOES fill up half the screen. With my previous phone and iPod, my mom usually had me read the messages addressed to her but now the words are large enough, she can easily see them for herself.
The email is problematic. I still prefer the Apple set-up where deleting an email opens the next email in line instead of sending you back to Inbox. It's like being sent back to Start each time you complete a level.
The camera is taking some time to adjust. I thought it would be even better than my old phone about making sure I didn't shake my photos, but it appears to be worse. I'm trying to relearn how to take photos to compensate around it. The camera is also a lot faster than my old one so when you press the button, that's the photo instead of the photo being 3-5 seconds later. I had to have Alisha show me how to use Zoom because I'd never had a camera before with touch controls like that. It's very strange, but I'm getting better at getting it more precise. I had to download a Sports control which seems strange because it was standard before and best for moving vehicle shots, even Disney recommended it. I haven't tried any of the fancy tricks. I haven't seen any need for them although the Beauty Shot is kind of fun especially on food. It's like AutoTune for photos, lol.
I hate Google. It constantly wants to be in control of things. I feel like I have to decline at least eight times a day. It also talks now, like its own version of Siri. I'd rather have Cortana but Microsoft claims Cortana has nothing to do with the Halo character which is disappointing.
I'm trying to use S Health to get more fit. It measures all my steps daily, calories and suggests other exercises to do. It'd be boring but it makes stuff into Achievements just like a video game which makes it a little more fun...although I still have only achieved 10,000 steps once. I also downloaded 7 Minute Workout because it's only seven minutes, how hard could it be? It was invented by SATAN. It's so hard but I want to keep trying.
Shazam has its limits. Youngest nephew did a version of Jingle Bells that Shazam could not identify.
LiveJournal is wonderful...how often does that sentence pop up? However, it's the most user friendly App. I've found. I can access anywhere at any time without all this scrolling back to the top non-sense as everyone else does. Even with Tumblr, I have Double-Hit the Home icon to get it to back to the top AND have it Refresh. Twitter works, but it's also annoying. Facebook is one I've refused to download and it works better through the Internet Browser.
DirectTv sucks. I possibly can watch stuff On Demand but their Live Tv is almost non-existent and they refuse to acknowledge that my DVR set exists. My mom claims that being 5 or 6 years old, it's too old.
Super Monkey Ball Bounce sucks. I'm contemplating whether to shell out $2.99 for the actual game because that was one of my favorite games when I first got my iTouch. If you've never played it on a iTouch or phone, it's quite awesome. You turn the device to control the ball.
I am enjoying Cut the Rope and Mahjong.
I have downloaded iHeartRadio, Pandora, Milk, and Soundcast which I hope will cover all of my music needs. Galaxy 5 has no radio tuner. I liked Pandora until I added Alan Jackson and Vangelis to my Green Day channel and broke it. Milk seems the easiest to use and I like that they have both a video game channel and K-Pop! I hear a lot about K-Pop but I don't have a lot of experience with it so this is fun.
Marvel Comics and Comixology both have FREE comics! I can't wait especially since Comixology has some of the independents. I also regret not doing all my codes as soon as I got them. I never imagined having a device where I wanted to read them on it.
HULU! Oh my gosh, so much stuff, I love it except for being blocked by Hulu+ only. Still, did you know they had BLACKPOOL!?? Naturally, Hulu+ but still, almost makes me tempted to shell out the cash for it.
Kindle gives you a free book each month BUT it tells you which ones to choose from and none of them struck my fancy. There are a LOT of free classics though, even War and Peace, hehe...my mom said not to download that one or it'd take up all my memory.
T-Mobile TV sucks. Again, no live watching and it costs money per month. Fuck that.
However, with Dropbox, I can work on all my files from home, like my stories so I love that.
Here's my former baby, soon to be added to my collection of antique cameras:
I don't know how it ended up upside down and yes, this was state of the art for 2009.
