I got smart…..

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Or to be exact , I got a smart phone. I am one of those stick –in –the mud type of people who look suspiciously at any new technology which becomes the norm in a surprisingly short time. So I was quite content with my old keyboard mobile which let me call up people and acted as an alarm clock when needed. Sometimes, I would use a couple of other features like the ‘torchlight’ and calculator. That was it. Till one day I decided I needed to upgrade. My husband is just the opposite and no sooner than I voiced my thoughts, the new phone was all ordered and paid for. My friend came over and we went to get a new SIM and a cover for the handset. We had a ladies’ day out complete with lunch and clothes shopping too. “That’s a good beginning” ‘, I thought to myself , as it was a long gap since I did something like that. The next step was my friends and colleagues telling me about their favourite apps and showing me how to download them. I deleted quite a few I decided I could not handle. I like an instant messenger app that I find everybody is using. I am more connected to persons these days as people don’t really go in for private emails anymore. I discovered a video call feature which my husband says makes his colleagues run out of the room when I call because they are scared of my nagging. But that doesn’t stop him blowing kisses to me ( which I suspect is a strategy to stop my tirade ). So that’s all right too. Then it’s so much easier to call up a taxi using their app instead of haggling with an auto rickshaw driver and so much cheaper too. I regularly use a feature called ”Live train status” on the days I travel.I can plan out my trips to the station. Its very easy to click photos using the camera. And it’s handy to be able to use the internet on the go. It is a clever phone alright but then sometimes it gets too smart for its own good. It tries to decide what I am going to say. This happens specially, if I am talking in my native language using the English alphabet. It inserts a word of its own .So sometimes the messages go off and I get a ???? in return. It also happens to be rather sensitive and calls up people I have no intention of calling if my fingers accidentally touch a post on a chat or any of the four hundred contacts in my phone . The screen decides to black out at that time so there is the person on the other end saying ,”hello, hello..” while I search frantically for the ‘hang up’ icon. “Sorry”, I mumble, my level of embarrassment depending on my degree of social contact. So that’s the story of my cell phone evolution. Whats yours? What features do you enjoy in your handset? Photo from the internet