I have mainly owned phones for function rather than social and fun. The main reasons being that I didn't want to be on a contract originally but also because I had other platforms and equipment for things I wanted to do.
As times gone on, I changed my outlook and also decided that I no longer wanted to carry round a hundred and one separate devises, when most stuff could be done on one.
So yes, I am now the proud owner of a smart phone. A good thing? Yes in terms of what it offers my lifestyle, no in terms of lack of focus and distraction.
Ok, so I used to be one of these people that hated people not listening to you because of some distraction on their phone. There is nothing worse than meeting up with a friend/friends and they spend their whole time on the phone not really being part of the conversation. It is not only rude, you also wonder why you bothered being there at all. Now I have to say, my particular friends aren't bad, but I've had times with my brother and boyfriend where I've been like "Did you hear what I said?". Unfortunately, I've now started doing the same to them : s
The smart phone, an ingenious creating, allowing you to do an AMAZING amount of things! Do you know what I did the other day? Plugged my phone into our plasma screen and played various features on it using an HDMI cable - is that INSANE or what?
I have gone back to Sony Ericsson after a previous love/hate relationship for the brand (I owned Sony phones before they joined Ericsson - wow, makes me sound pretty old. They didn't really know how to make good phones then, so the collaboration was a good thing : p). I now have a great phone which allows me to record high definition videos, take cracking photos, has speedy Internet and is part of the Android family. Ok, so I can watch films and TV on my phone, don't need to carry a camera with me and can use GPS if I get lost. And not that all those features aren't great (they REALLY are) but there is something about the App world that is so exciting to it's viewers. I didn't get it before and I don't get it now, but I'm 'appy when I'm app-ing - sorry, that was a bit cheesy, wasn't it?
It's like just now, my phone went off telling me that an unknown user I am playing against on Words with Friends has made their word move and it's my turn (I'm playing with strangers as I do not wish to connect my Facebook account - another discrepancy for another time). So what do I do, go straight on my phone, write a word and continue what I am doing. WHY?!? Why have I got nothing better to do than to check my phone, when I am actually already multi-tasking on my computer. It's ridiculous, but for some reason we do it. It's like my phone spellbounds me at times and I am just waiting for that "beep" to go off so I can feel loved by something - sad but worryingly true for so many of us : s ...
...Sorry, I just stopped to think of a word, lol (I say lol, but I'm crying inside 1. For becoming like this 2. Because the player is beating me hands down : ( I've turned my Internet off now so I have no distractions.
Don't get me wrong, the apps and Internet have been a god send. For a freelancer like me who has times when they are not at home, being able to apply for work and contact people via the Internet whilst on the move is so important in the modern world - you snooze, you lose! And that side is great. Only at Christmas I got stuck at a train station 5-6 miles away from where I needed to be and I was going to be late for work. I put the GPS into gear and walked there - I would have never found my way there without it!
But as I said, there is this other side. Prime example, having the Internet on my phone has made me addicted to checking up film details on IMDB - I don't know why! So what have I done now, added an app so I don't have to keep searching for it and it IS better than there normal website - it's quicker! I also have added an app called Note Everything (as my phone doesn't let me save draft copies on texts or have a notes page for some reason), which allows me to write ideas and draw things on the move. It's brilliant because ideas always come to me when I have no paper or pens but I also land up typing into it all the time, lol. I've also found a great little app yesterday called Crackle. It is an American app that lets you watch trailers, short films and selected features each day for free. For instance at the moment you can watch trailers for the new Spiderman and Ghost Rider but then watch whole film versions of classic or cult films - it's fab, especially if I'm bored with what I have on my phone (you do need to be linked to the Internet though, so that's the only downside).
No, the reason it is really bad is for the gaming side. Everyone is addicted to playing games when they have the odd second of boredom - whether it's online or saved onto the phone. So I had this game, Aporkalypse - basically pigs saving the world. It was amazing and the four lead pigs had different powers etc. It was fun because the levels were interesting, it was challenging, but boy did I start playing it all the time. So much so, I got other people dedicated to it, who then started downloading it onto their phones, lol. It was bad! Well my originally phone set died and it had that app on it, so I decided to leave that one in the past. But now I have found something else, Blast Monkey. Another addictive game involving shooting and booting monkeys into bananas using tricks and tactics to get you through the levels - it actually gets quite hard very quickly. I have opened all the current levels now but have lots of bits that are incomplete. The biggest problem with the game is if you have even a second on your own you kind of think "Oh, I could play Blast Monkeys for a second". But then you land up playing it for ages and the people you are with get mad : s Mainly the same two people I used to get annoyed with : s
You see, technology is well and good, but there is a time and a place for it. We should enjoy the people with love being with and not take advantage of the fact they are there. I apologise to anyone who has had to put up with me being hypnotised by my phone features. So I say to you, next time you have the urge to pick up that phone and open an app or the Internet, think "Do I really need to do this right now".
The closest I could get to the original song that the title of today's post is from, lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJwruOSOezU&feature=fvst
As times gone on, I changed my outlook and also decided that I no longer wanted to carry round a hundred and one separate devises, when most stuff could be done on one.
So yes, I am now the proud owner of a smart phone. A good thing? Yes in terms of what it offers my lifestyle, no in terms of lack of focus and distraction.
Ok, so I used to be one of these people that hated people not listening to you because of some distraction on their phone. There is nothing worse than meeting up with a friend/friends and they spend their whole time on the phone not really being part of the conversation. It is not only rude, you also wonder why you bothered being there at all. Now I have to say, my particular friends aren't bad, but I've had times with my brother and boyfriend where I've been like "Did you hear what I said?". Unfortunately, I've now started doing the same to them : s
The smart phone, an ingenious creating, allowing you to do an AMAZING amount of things! Do you know what I did the other day? Plugged my phone into our plasma screen and played various features on it using an HDMI cable - is that INSANE or what?
I have gone back to Sony Ericsson after a previous love/hate relationship for the brand (I owned Sony phones before they joined Ericsson - wow, makes me sound pretty old. They didn't really know how to make good phones then, so the collaboration was a good thing : p). I now have a great phone which allows me to record high definition videos, take cracking photos, has speedy Internet and is part of the Android family. Ok, so I can watch films and TV on my phone, don't need to carry a camera with me and can use GPS if I get lost. And not that all those features aren't great (they REALLY are) but there is something about the App world that is so exciting to it's viewers. I didn't get it before and I don't get it now, but I'm 'appy when I'm app-ing - sorry, that was a bit cheesy, wasn't it?
It's like just now, my phone went off telling me that an unknown user I am playing against on Words with Friends has made their word move and it's my turn (I'm playing with strangers as I do not wish to connect my Facebook account - another discrepancy for another time). So what do I do, go straight on my phone, write a word and continue what I am doing. WHY?!? Why have I got nothing better to do than to check my phone, when I am actually already multi-tasking on my computer. It's ridiculous, but for some reason we do it. It's like my phone spellbounds me at times and I am just waiting for that "beep" to go off so I can feel loved by something - sad but worryingly true for so many of us : s ...
...Sorry, I just stopped to think of a word, lol (I say lol, but I'm crying inside 1. For becoming like this 2. Because the player is beating me hands down : ( I've turned my Internet off now so I have no distractions.
Don't get me wrong, the apps and Internet have been a god send. For a freelancer like me who has times when they are not at home, being able to apply for work and contact people via the Internet whilst on the move is so important in the modern world - you snooze, you lose! And that side is great. Only at Christmas I got stuck at a train station 5-6 miles away from where I needed to be and I was going to be late for work. I put the GPS into gear and walked there - I would have never found my way there without it!
But as I said, there is this other side. Prime example, having the Internet on my phone has made me addicted to checking up film details on IMDB - I don't know why! So what have I done now, added an app so I don't have to keep searching for it and it IS better than there normal website - it's quicker! I also have added an app called Note Everything (as my phone doesn't let me save draft copies on texts or have a notes page for some reason), which allows me to write ideas and draw things on the move. It's brilliant because ideas always come to me when I have no paper or pens but I also land up typing into it all the time, lol. I've also found a great little app yesterday called Crackle. It is an American app that lets you watch trailers, short films and selected features each day for free. For instance at the moment you can watch trailers for the new Spiderman and Ghost Rider but then watch whole film versions of classic or cult films - it's fab, especially if I'm bored with what I have on my phone (you do need to be linked to the Internet though, so that's the only downside).
No, the reason it is really bad is for the gaming side. Everyone is addicted to playing games when they have the odd second of boredom - whether it's online or saved onto the phone. So I had this game, Aporkalypse - basically pigs saving the world. It was amazing and the four lead pigs had different powers etc. It was fun because the levels were interesting, it was challenging, but boy did I start playing it all the time. So much so, I got other people dedicated to it, who then started downloading it onto their phones, lol. It was bad! Well my originally phone set died and it had that app on it, so I decided to leave that one in the past. But now I have found something else, Blast Monkey. Another addictive game involving shooting and booting monkeys into bananas using tricks and tactics to get you through the levels - it actually gets quite hard very quickly. I have opened all the current levels now but have lots of bits that are incomplete. The biggest problem with the game is if you have even a second on your own you kind of think "Oh, I could play Blast Monkeys for a second". But then you land up playing it for ages and the people you are with get mad : s Mainly the same two people I used to get annoyed with : s
You see, technology is well and good, but there is a time and a place for it. We should enjoy the people with love being with and not take advantage of the fact they are there. I apologise to anyone who has had to put up with me being hypnotised by my phone features. So I say to you, next time you have the urge to pick up that phone and open an app or the Internet, think "Do I really need to do this right now".
The closest I could get to the original song that the title of today's post is from, lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJwruOSOezU&feature=fvst
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