Comments | lijuun: New Cell Phone: The Epic Journey continues . . .

lijuun

New Cell Phone: The Epic Journey continues . . .

Dec 16, 2009 20:06

TOUCH SCREENS SUCK. I'm just sayin'. I decided against the iPhone because of budgetary issues, and went with the Samsung Impression. It was a hellacious relationship that lasted Friday through Tuesday. The Impression was like dating an extremely hot man with lots of yummy muscles and not a brain in his head. It felt so nice to slide out the ( Read more... )

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isis_newton December 17 2009, 11:37:45 UTC

I have a Samsung that's a touchscreen. I get on fine with it.

lijuun December 20 2009, 16:29:11 UTC

Yeah, the Solstice and I are working things out currently. But it's a process.

arevanye December 17 2009, 12:00:14 UTC

You may have to calibrate the touchscreen, or have you tried that already?

Scott just ordered our (4, count em 4) new phones last night. Keeping fingers crossed that they won't drive us nuts. We do the online ordering because he gets and IBM discount that way.

lijuun December 20 2009, 16:30:56 UTC

Yes, I recalibrated it a few times. It seems to work fine as long as I use my thumbnails, but what happens when I rip a nail off? That is an inevitable occurrence for me.

I hope you guys like your phones!

gtshuya December 17 2009, 13:52:03 UTC

That sucks! I have a Samsung Instinct that I love. Maybe you should go with the iPhone after all?

lijuun December 20 2009, 16:32:21 UTC

No, I don't want the added expense of an iPhone, so I still think I made the right choice to not buy it. I think if I keep working with the Solstice, I'll start speaking its language.

kricketkris December 17 2009, 14:22:07 UTC

The only touch screen I've been able to live with is the one on my iPod... we have good days and bad days, that iPod and I.

My work-issued phone is a Samsung Jack which I LOVE. It has no touch screen and I can use the buttons to navigate everywhere. No idea how expensive it is or anything though. :( My personal phone is a cheap little thing from Virgin Mobile. Sorry this has been such a frustrating experience!

lijuun December 20 2009, 16:38:06 UTC

Hmm. The Jack is one of my options, but I think it's classified as a smart phone and therefore requires the same added expenditure that the iPhone does. *sad*

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lijuun December 20 2009, 16:40:27 UTC

NO KIDDING. I just wanted a phone, dangit! All this extra stuff is silly.

But I'm afraid that in the near future, all we will have to choose from are smart phones that do everything from walk the dog to mow the lawn (I wish) and I think it's good practice for now to try to figure out a dumbed-down version of a smart phone. For learnin'.