My phone:
It can surf the web,
And many splendid smart things.
I make calls with it.
Some may say: “What waste!”
That I do not use it more,
Fully utilize.
But I say to them:
My computer works just fine,
When I need the web.
And good cameras?
I have two, and that should do,
When I need to snap.
I don’t often text,
When I have questions to ask.
I make calls with it.
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Nice one dj
Thank you! I’m running a little later today – I need to go back and see what all the usual suspects posted in response too.
It is amazing the myriad of capabilities our phones have these days – I wonder at what point the definition of phone will need to be updated to include everything else we can do with them?
Such a modern guy, so old fashioned in communication!! This post reminds me of my own harsh experience accepting the march of technology. I got my first text, that I knew of in 2006. I tried to answer my phone and thought they had just hung up. Then I realized there was a message symbol. I tried my voice mail, nothing there. Finally the light bulb came on and I realized, there was a message written there. I had no idea how to answer them.
Yes technology has come a long way in our lives. Use your camera for pictures, your computer for the internet and your phone to call. Eventually they will come up with a phone that you can’t refuse! thanks for the poem. Fun to read.
I broke down last year and got a smart phone – and I do use it for text/web/camera/etc… But, not to the extent I see others using theirs. I don’t have unlimited text or data. I rarely use it to take a picture. I don’t know … this is usually the point where I say, “I don’t have facebook either.”
After I read this I was trying to think about what I like about having a smart phone. I listed checking email, reading blogs, checking Facebook, always know what time it is, ignoring phone calls. I really don’t like to use it to talk to others at all.
LOL. Awesome. I do believe your phone probably feels more fulfilled than mine.
Nice! It’s good to know some people still use a computer, a camera, AND a phone, rather than all in one. I still use my computer to do most of my web surfing. I need a larger screen to see all I want to see.
Oh! And I still use my iPod too. I have a couple songs loaded onto my phone for emergencies, but haven’t seen the necessity to have a fun that can house all 80gbs worth of music I have on my mp3 player.
My husband and I don’t have the most current phones either. His boss couldn’t believe he hadn’t converted to the IPhone 5. He was like, “Why, my IPhone 4 does everything I need it to do?”
Um… what’s an iPhone?
Just kidding! Didn’t the 5 come out only a couple months ago? I see no need to rush out and get the latest gizmo and gadget with each new interation. The “free” LG smartphone I got when I switched to a data plan works just fine for me, thank you very much.
That’s how we feel! My older son and I have Samsungs. We don’t need all the latest gadgetry. And like I said before, my husband doesn’t feel the need to have it either. Besides, the latest ones have all the bugs and cost more too.
Exactly! (Though I will admit to a certain bit of envy/jealousy when I see everyone else walking around with their shiny new toys – though that quickly changes to puzzlement/disbelief: how do they afford it all?)
Amen to that!
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lol – So true! I was going to do a post about how and why I don’t use my mobile phone like the younger generation, but you’ve done it so much better!
Oh, don’t say “better.” I’d love to read what you come up with. We are all of us unique on here, and we all have our own voices. I’m not even sure what inspired the haiku take on it today other than I didn’t feel like writing a long response after my rants yesterday.
-grin- Mine was going to be from the perspective of getting old. I may still do it but your haiku really hit the spot. And it made me happy that I’m not the only one who thinks a phone should be for calls.
Woohoo! A novel concept that, using a phone for phone calls… craziness. Thanks for the praise, glad you enjoyed my silly poem.
-grin- Insane, right?
I can barely text. When I do, my kids text back with, “Put dad on.” Thanks for dropping by and following.
Hah! I just ignore texts most of the time, and when I’m ready to talk I’ll call that person back.
This is ME too!!!! I have a simple cell phone. I hate typing on small screens. My emails and internet surfing can wait. Although, sometimes, the Google map function would be nice in the car.
After having the GPS send us astray for the 15th time while trying to find something to eat in a random city at midnight while driving from point A to point B, I bought my wife and I smartphone so that we would have Google Maps when we needed it. That was it, that was what finally dragged me into this brave new world.
Lol. And that’s the same reason why I may eventually cave into it, too!
What I always say (or I could just have made it up this minute, is that if a phone can cook meals and iron shirts, I’ll buy it. Otherwise, I’m sticking to the tried and true humble mobile. Like you I prefer to make calls on it.
Oh! A cooking and Ironing phone? Hmm, I wonder if there are apps for that… if there isn’t yet it is probably only a matter of time.
Do you find that a positive thing or depressing? I opt for the latter. But then I’m a stick in the mud who hates progress. (Just joking, I’d love someone or something to do my ironing for me.)
neither positive or depressing… just a commentary on our society as a whole – we should never fight against progress and innovations because they could lead to a truly world changing discovery – but, we shouldn’t forget where we came from either.
My phone – used for everything but communication.
I have just a normal camera, and that’s usually in it’s bag at home, but the phone is with me always.
I do most of my blogging and surfing on my computer at home, and admittedly, use the phone for reading more than anything else
I’ve tried reading on my phone, it just never got into a comfortable rythym. It dawned me last night, while talking to my wife on her drive home from work, that my entire post is kind of a lie – I use my phone for more than talking: I play games on it all the time. Oops.
Yeah – dudes
I have only one game on my phone.
And the reading goes just lovely
Nice! I’m not as attached to my phone either. Take my laptop away though, I think I might die
I was going to say, “yes, me too,” but now I’m thinking about it and I wonder if I could adjust to life without a computer – I remember living without one, schooling without one, getting work done without one… I think I could probably return to that if I had to.