How often have I heard that? How often have you said that?  I bet I hear that frequently from everyone that has a smart (haha) phone.  We hate how they type, swype and correct.  We hate how they sound, how they dial, how we get from here to there.  We hate all the things about them that make them ‘smart’.  But, we are NOT ready to give up all that awesome 3/4G network access to go back to a phone that just places calls!  Nope, we have to be connected.  Funny, really, how much we want them, but dislike them.  Also funny, is that I know some people that really like their phones.  I was talking to my brother-in-law just the other day (I’ve changed the names to keep the innocent protected, we’ll call him ‘Dude’) about how much he actually likes his phone.  And, then Dude hit it on the head– he knows how to run it.  He said, “…most people just don’t know how to run their phone…”; yep, that is why everyone really hates their phone.  Not because they suck so much, but because most people really don’t know how to use them.  Ok, and some of them do just suck so much.  However, instead of just googling the answer, we complain, and either figure it out or give up. 

 

So, the next time you are stabbing icons on your phone with talon like fingers, remember– it’s not the phone’s fault that you have no idea how to run it.  It’s like blaming a car for the fact that you don’t know how to run a clutch. :)

 

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