Cell Phones = NO

Much like Donny, I also consider myself a big tech-head, but I'm not a big fan of cell phones. Mostly because, from the start, I've lived in a place that's a complete dead zone, so I've never been interested in having anything more than the cheapest phone possible.

When I got my first cell phone, I was 22 years old (I'm 25 now). It had a camera on it, but I had no idea how to get the pictures off of it. All I knew was that I had to subscribe to some sort of web service that wasn't included in my normal cell phone bill, and that the attendant at Cingular was not willing to take the time to show me how to work it even if I did get it.

So, after about a year, I dumped Cingular and went with T-Mobile because I had some friends who worked at T-Mobile in the hopes that they would show me how to do some things. The second I get my new phone, "Here ya go! You can do it! I believe in you! :D"

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"ANDY, HOW DO I GET IT TO TEXT MESSAGE THINGS THAT ARE THE LETTERS I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO TYPE IN INSTEAD OF IT BEING DEFAULT SET ON TRYING TO SPELL THINGS FOR ME?"

Srsly, it's all about selling things and not about educating people how to use them. That's why a lot of people don't like technology. It's because it's being sold and not adopted to people. We're not taught how to treat a piece of technology. It's either sink or swim, and oh yeah, if you're lucky, here's an instruction manual in 10 languages that goes over the first 10% of what you might run into.

Don't even get me started on the prices of cell phone services.

Most days, I'm just as happy to call someone with full reception from a land line.