Smartphones for dummies
I am a dummy, okay? I'm not smart enough to be in charge of a smart phone but I tell you what, neither are the people out there selling them
I went into a Virgin mobile shop to say listen, having problem downloading apps, what am I doing wrong? So a kid of about 9 looked pityingly at me and said I don't close apps properly when I finish with them, which would help space, but I should phone Virgin direct and upgrade.
So I phoned Virgin direct and they said £125 please. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Turns out he thought I wanted to upgrade my phone. Took us about 20 minutes, with his English and very odd accent, for us to establish I wanted to upgrade my service. Naw, he said, ah doan theng yew node ta, yew doan yis it arl es it os.
I ran the translation through my head, then said but I can't download apps, there is insufficient space?
Elozabiff, he said patiently, yew node ah mimmory cad.
I asked where I get a 'mimmory cad' and he said back at the shop. So I went back to the shop
only 8 miles away and got a 12 year old who said oh but we don't sell them HERE. Where, then?
She didn't know. Maybe Tesco, she said. I walked out, and 2 shops away was a shop selling mobile phone accessories. Including memory cards.
So I'm sorted but seriously, is it just me being thick, does anyone else have these problems with smart technology and the people who are supposed to explain it to dummies like me?
Comments (53)
Still have a landline and nothing else.
Lol yes when the time comes I have no choice but to buy an IPhone, then I will ask a child
I'm coping with just my ipad...and doing very nicely thankyou....
Now I can take photos and videos and send them by email, whatsapp or to FB, I have a built-in navigator with maps for anywhere in the world, I can chatter on skype, find a local restaurant, read a book, check all 3 mailboxes, chat to CS while I'm on holiday and -
Well, in theory I can do those things. So they tell me.
It IS handy being able to download my boarding pass while I'm travelling, and check in for my return flight without finding a computer. I will grant it that. Just so long as I remember to take my charger with me.
My phone is also crammed with apps I will never be able to use, will never want to use, and cannot delete - I asked the shop genius if she could delete them for me and she said no, not allowed. Arrggghhhhhh!
ah Biff, you're so funny
Find your own
I have finally found something I truly love about the stupidphone!
The acid test will be when I am navigating in a strange car and a strange country (hence trying it out today) which will be next holiday, fairly soon. Really really hoping the love affair continues
(And for anyone who just worked out I am older than sabre-toothed tigers, SA only got TV in the mid-70s because it was considered letting the devil into our living rooms until then
Anyone got a tech-savvy kid for sale?
do on my phone is talk to another human being, or text. That
is really all I want to do with a hand held device.
Even Biff got further than that
Not due to blue plastic though.
oooooooooooooo there IS a bit that peels off!
Only had the phone since August last year, gies a break
Pedal , I'm allowed talk in here
my age parameters though. It's seems acceptable for some
women here to do so..... I mean the ones that are allowed to talk.
Clue me in?