The long awaited day has finally arrived. Droidmas has finally come. I am now the proud new owner of a Motorola Droid. No longer a coveter of my friends’ and family’s smart phones.
I have had my new phone for 2 whole days now and I am feel like I have a good feel for it. So I will share my first impressions of the phone. I am sure over time some of these will change, but for now, here’s how I like it. (I LOVE it).
I am due for a new phone in February, and after playing with Matt’s smartphone I can’t wait to get one myself. I am a sucker for the fancy touch screen interface and can’t wait to check my email, update facebook, and tweet all from the comfort of my cell phone. However, the video below touches on a few reasons that even if Verizon gets the iPhone, I will not be getting one.
I recently saw a disturbing but powerful video out of the UK that will be used in driver’s ed. classes to show kids the dangers of texting while driving. I have put the video in the post below, but be aware that it is quite gruesome and potentially difficult to watch.
I am torn about the effectiveness of a video like this. It reminds me of the train crossing videos I was subjected to in driver’s ed. that show people being destroyed by trains while trying to race the train. They were disturbing and to this day I am nervous crossing a train track. On the other hand, I stop and look both ways and treat the train tracks with respect.
Tomorrow Matt and I will be renewing our cell phone plan with Verizon and getting new phones. With this comes the option to finally get local cell phone numbers, which has not been a possibility in the past. Matt and I have had Virginia cell phone numbers the whole time we have lived in Indiana because we share a cell phone plan with his parents. However, Verizon has now changed their policy, and you can have phone numbers from different states on the same phone plan. This has caused quite a dilemma for me.
