I just got my first iphone. Late to the party, I know. When I emailed my friends with the phone number, one sent back a quick note, “it will change you life.” If I believed that, I would have gotten one years ago. Only two things qualify as potential life changers for me:
1) winning the powerball jackpot or 2) meeting the right guy. Can the iphone help with either of those things? (Mention online dating, and I flush this thing down the toilet).
Honestly, I hate talking on the phone. I’m fine face to face, but on the phone, I’m hopelessly boring. No, really, I’ve been told this before. The problem is that I cannot think of a single thing to say. It’s like a pop quiz. Even if I did the reading, the pressure of the moment makes my mind go blank. When I have to make a call, I write a script to remember why I dialed in the first place. I do this even when calling my family.
So, why did I get an iphone? Actually, I didn’t. My boss gave me his “old” 64GB iphone 4s with the understanding that I would use it. Pretty nice hand me down, but because I’m a contract employee, I foot the monthly bill for minutes, and since I knew I wouldn’t be gabbing away on it anytime soon, I let the thing collect dust. After three weeks, my boss asked about it. That’s when I got the new SIM card. Ten days later he asked again, and now I burn $50 per month while the iphone bumps around the bottom of my purse.
I’ve been testing ways to bond with it. I enjoy the compass feature (for about 90 seconds after I’ve calibrated my location). I considered creating a reminder to call and check in with friends and family once a month, but why set myself up for such predictable failure? Instead, I have resolved to develop a relationship with my iphone through apps hoping that some gizmo I download will meld my standoffishness into dependency, but after hearing all the hype over how great apps are, I’m disappointed to find that most are useless. Why would I need a shopping app? I’m too uncoordinated for games. “To Do” list organizers are BORING, and calorie counters? Depressing.
After Googling “best” apps, here are the ones I’ve chosen:
*Facebook: Duh.
*Flashlight: huge points or being massively practical, but haven’t used it yet
*Bring Fido: the pet friendly info would be more helpful if it wasn’t so outdated
*Kindle: not loving reading on a really tiny screen
*Embark: for navigating NYC. To help me ft in with the zombie tourist mob.
*WordPress: Things are looking up! This pocket sized personal computer disguised as a telephone might be useful after all 🙂
BirdzWordz 
When I first got my iPhone, I had all these ideas of what I was going to use it for but when I got it, I was really unfamiliar with it all and found myself only using the Facebook and Twitter app for a good day or two until I thought if I’m paying for this, I may as well use it as I wanted to……. Just go mad with the free apps on the AppStore, you’ll definitely find something of interest that will intise you……. My eye sight is absolutely terrible so using full games is a disaster but theres thousands of simple puzzle apps.
It’s mainly about looking for something that makes your life easier or even less rushed because there’s no end to where you can use a personal computer.
Thanks for the encouragement! (Replied on my iPhone via WordPress app)
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