Mom's Gadgets

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A few months ago my husband would not stop talking about getting a Blackberry. Every commercial we saw he said, “I want one of those.” He would not give up on it. I kept telling him I wasn’t sure they would be worth the money, would we really use all the features, was he sure? Yet he persisted. Finally, I was perusing the AT&T website and found a great deal on some older model Blackberries, Blackberry 8700c to be exact. We could get them at a steal and I discovered that the new plan we needed would not be but about $30 more than we were paying, so I went for it.

A few days later, the coveted Blackberries arrived in the mail. We were excited to get them and begin using their awesome features. I loved the wide keyboard where I could text letters key by key rather than having to punch a key three times to get a specific letter. Sure made my texting faster, since I”ve never been a fast texter.

We had the Blackberries a few days when my husband began complaining, “I can’t hear it ring”, “I never get your messages”, “Mine says no data connection available.” Then, my mom would call me on mine and I would not be able to hear her, nor could she hear me. Though my data connection worked and texting was great my connection was poor.

Finally, after having our Blackberries just over a month my husband and I decided to call customer service about going back to regular phones. They shipped them out immediately, my husband sold our phones to a friend at work, and we are back in business, happily using our Nokia flip phones again.