Jeannie’s Brain

The Motorola Droid had really tempted me, but the finances just didn’t work out. When I saw the video reviews of the Incredible I stopped drooling long enough to call Verizon. The operator who answered was a phone geek who had also preordered it. We spent about an hour whittling down the monthly bill, removing one charge and switching to a different plan. I bought the Incredible for $99.

I have never owned or even tried a smart phone before. I have also never used an onscreen keyboard or touchscreen. So I spent a couple of frustrating hours at the end of a long day attempting to make the authorization call to Verizon. The keyboard wasn’t going into landscape and I hit the wrong keys so many times I considered throwing it out the window. Verizon’s phone system repeatedly barked instructions at me, then terminated the call when I didn’t get the info in fast enough. I finally got an operator who authorized the phone. Enough frustration for one sitting. I turned it off.

The next day I had about an hour in the morning to try and figure out the keyboard. Apparently it only goes into landscape when you turn it clockwise (?). Finally I found the necessary keys to begin typing like a human rather than a keyboard cat.

That night I had a couple more hours to start learning how to move things around on the screen, and familiarize myself with the many options and apps.

To be continued…