The chilens are here.
Grown. So fun. I am not allowed to refer to them by
name. So this is always a little
cryptic.
On Saturday, Mr. Radish and I got IPhones. We were never
going to get them as they were Apple,
and also why would you get one, when you could get a cell phone so much
cheaper. Part of the expense of an
IPhone is the monthly surcharge of $30.00 per phone. The surcharge is to get all the programs via
the Internet, as “why would you have a cell phone without the Internet”. So we bought cheaper phones: LG a Korean
phone. These we bought at Costco. Costco I find to be a shining company, but
not at the phone Kiosk. We could not get
our phones to work, for example: we could not set up our voicemail, but after
two visits they could not tell us how to do it, and were snippy because we were
drawn to hi-tech phones.
When my middle daughter and a son-in-law became IPhone owners, Mr. Radish figured it was the very thing to
buy. I
could not talk him into it, but important people like daughters and a
son-in-law could. Anyhow we are now owners.
We still do not know how to run them, but we are more enthused about
learning on an IPhone.
Enter my eldest granddaughter. Enter my youngest
granddaughter. I was in a car with both girls yesterday for an hour and a half,
and they taught me a lot, and more than just about cell phones. The eldest really tripped up my phone: faces
for callers, icons for bookmarks on the Internet, voice mail and the
temperature in
Madrid
, which by the way is 95 degrees at 10:PM. The youngest girl showed me how to do use the map. “Spread your fingers and you can zoom in.” And as there was an accident ahead, she was able to show me where it was and where the traffic would loosen up. Both girls corrected me on how to touch the pad. “You don’t have to touch it with your nail, just touch it lightly.” The joy of these girls teaching me knows no limits.
Thank you Winnie (the paternal mother in law) for your part
in granddaughter heaven. Thank you for
wanting me to want a IPhone. And I also have AT&T.
Thanks to the girls for hooking you up! I'm happy to relinquish the role . . . especially since I wasn't doing so well and they know so much more than I do.
Posted by: MCV | June 15, 2009 at 09:49 PM
I just wrote a comment but it didn't save. sorry. this is the lame comment you get.
Posted by: MCV | June 15, 2009 at 09:50 PM
Welcome to the big APPLE!! Make sure the granddarlings show you how to choose and download apps from Itunes and make sure you get the one called "snaptell". It's for when you're in a bookstore and see books that you would love to buy, but they are more than you think they should be. Whip out your iphone,use snaptell to take a photo of the book cover and right there and then you can check out all the places to buy and prices available. Magic! Happy playing!!
Posted by: Winnie | June 16, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Hot tip, Winnie, hot tip. You know where the granddarlings get it from... not this side!
Posted by: expat princess | June 21, 2009 at 06:02 PM