I am old enough to remember the rotary phone on the wall where you could call people but if you wanted to call Grandma, you needed the help of the operator and a lot of money for the long-distance call.
Today, I have a “smart phone” that can make calls anywhere in the world, tell me the weather, send messages, scroll the web, broadcast sporting events, and even play some of my favourite tunes.
While Apple has provided numerous apps for my phone – some of which I don’t even know how to use – there are a few that I use frequently –
At the top of the list is the music app where I can play all my tunes. Currently, there are over 1,000 songs on the app. It takes days for me to work my way through the whole playlist!
And of course, there is the app where I can get all of those tunes – the itunes store. Apple used to offer a free song each week, then when Apple Music replaced itunes, they offered a list of songs at 69 cents (regular price is $1.29), but now they just try to push their streaming service. No thanks, I like picking my own tunes…with NO adss!
I am a graduate of Florida State University and still love to follow the football and baseball games. I have a Seminole app that lets me do just that and with football season beginning, I will be taking full advantage of it even if the game is on the tv. I prefer listening to the guys who call the game on the app.
And I cannot forget the Kindle app. If I don’t have the Kindle handy, it comes in handy to have the app and the Kindle app keeps a running tab on how many days in a row I have been reading – somewhere over 1,800 – and if I want to highlight something, it is often easier to do it on the Kindle app. And it is much easier to see photos and maps on the app because I can enlarge them on the app; that function is not available on the Kindle.
And then there’s the AP app where I can get the news that actually include the facts and not opinions. The Associated Press is one of the very few sites that report the news. It is often the place where many other news outlets get their news. It used to be unless it was a local story created by the local station, all news originated from the AP or Reuters. As someone who has to depend on accurate reporting to create my own writing, I trust the AP – Associated Press.
My phone is seldom used as just that – a phone. And most of the texts I receive are notifications. But the device itself gets used often during the day.