This weekend was a good weekend to be a palmie. I took some vacation time to myself to visit my family, first in Philadelphia, and then in Virginia. On the way to each of my destinations, my handheld was the talk of the town. First, my mother was having problems with finding the pictures on her Z71. I told her to click on the top right and choose her card; poof, there were the pictures. Then she complained that she did not have good music on her Z71. So using my card reader, I put on some more music onto her handheld. She likes to walk and listen to music. Finally, she talked about how she wanted a better game. I installed Buzz Words and Bejeweled. She has not even played Buzz Words yet. Bejeweled on the other hand, my mom has basically spent the last few days playing it whenever she could get a chance. She is addicted to it. One of the funniest things to see too, as she said that she would never get that into a game on her palmie.
Then, I went down to VA. Due to my mom’s car only having the radio and a stuck tape in the tape player, I listened to my Z71 and RealOne on the whole way down. It was a 4.5 hour trip, and I made it there with about 40% of my battery left. That’s pretty good if you ask me. I then went to play with my aunt and her Tungsten T. She had been having some problems and wanted to update some software, so I played tech support for her too. One of the things that I finally got to do was to play with the Bluetooth on her handheld. She had heard me talking about it and how much that I have wanted BT for myself. After taking over an hour to pair the two (my comp didn’t like the TT at first); it worked like magic. I then updated all of her programs, and added RealOne to her list of applications. One of the applications that she has tried out and likes a lot is Facer. Between the Today page and the themes, she loves that her handheld has more personality. I had a ball playing with BT and realized more than ever, that I want it bad on my next phone and handheld. I just have to have that ability to be connected.
EDIT
I forgot to add. My lnew cousin Erin. Both my mother and I took pics with our Z71s. It was funny as Erin looked at us as if she just like having her picture taken. She is so, so cute. My aunt and uncle are very blessed to have her. Here are a few pics of Erin and my family. She really seems to like the camera (and attention). She is a cutie. My sister is in the first and third pics, with Erin's mom, Auntie YoYo in the second one. I think that Aleta and Erin are going to be close. They just seem like it.
After all of that, I went back to Philly, listening to my Z71 the whole way back. We then went looking for a new phone, because I left my broken phone in VA (oops). My next travel was to take the train back to Lancaster so that I could roll home. While I was sitting in the train station, I knew that I wanted to get online, but my palmie couldn’t, nor could I find the hotpot with my laptop to get going. I was kinda stuck there. I then pulled out my Z71 and began reading, listening to music, and writing notes. I think that I was being stared at. I don’t know that people see palms in use everyday. My palm lasted until I got home. It basically played mp3s and other things for over 6hrs and was not even at 30% left. I was happy at least for that. But, I think that I was happy most of all because I have a family full of handhelds. I may be the tech support guy, but everyone seems to enjoy them quite much.
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