Time to Graduate to a Smartphone?

A smartphone – why would I need a smartphone?
We never even use our land line.
I can remember a time when – if the phone rang at night – everyone froze.
A call at night could only mean one thing: bad news.

These days, I use my cell phone to send/receive calls and text messages.
Isn’t that enough?

Mom mastered the computer – she could send e-mail and was a wiz scanning and sending photos.
She was hi-tech.

Dad? Not so much.

Forty years ago, learning how to use a computer was a lot like learning to climb the sheer side of a cliff.

Tough, painful and scary.

I was sure I wouldn’t make it – but then, there we were at the top – and there was no going back. Tech has evolved, and is quickly taking us right along with it.

Do I really need a smartphone?
I decided it was time to find out.

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My smartphone arrived this week.

First reaction: Wow – why did I wait so long!?
This is an amazing tool.

Easy to use.
It pulls all of my information together in one handy tool: e-mail, text, phone, photos, the Internet – everything.

Now – wherever I am – I am connected.

Phone quality is excellent.

But – could I read anything on it?
Turns out – I can.

When the GenealogyBank Blog post arrived in my inbox today – with one click I was reading it.

picture of a smartphone displaying a newspaper article
Source: Thomas Jay Kemp

Simple, easy and I could read it while sitting in the car waiting for my wife – I didn’t have to be home reading it on my laptop.
This is going to be handy – a real time-saver.

Would I be able to read a GenealogyBank newspaper article on my iPhone?

Turns out – I can!
Here is a marriage article I pulled up about one of my cousins.

photo of a smartphone
Photo: Thomas Jay Kemp. Source: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas), 20 July 1952, section V, page 6

Wow – this is so clear and easy to read.
With a swoosh of my fingers I can easily enlarge or reduce the image.

Searching is a snap.

Going hi-tech is a lot of fun too.

How are you using your iPhone?

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