If this is a post about phones, why not Jenny (867-5309)? Because this post is about changes in technology. When I was born, my parents only had a black and white TV with a dial. Granted, within a year or so we got a color TV, with a dial. Where do you think “don’t touch that dial” came from? Our phone was of the rotary variety and my childhood recorded on 8mm film. By the time I graduated from high school, we had VHS and Betamax VCRs, both with corded remotes, a camcorder, and I received a CD player for my new dorm room. Fast moving technology considering I saw my first CD in 6th grade.
Fourteen years ago, my husband and I bought a 32-inch TV for our new home. We thought it was huge and it’s still the biggest one we own. None of our TVs are flat-screens. Maybe next year.
As of yesterday, I took another leap into technology. My freebie flip-phone slipped out of my pocket on Saturday and didn’t resurface. It was in the plans for me to upgrade in a few months, so we replaced my phone with a new iPhone 5c (lime green, of course).
I love receiving technology for gifts. I had a Handspring PDA then a Palm IIIc (with Wi-Fi) and now a Google Nexus tablet. Most of my career, I’ve used a laptop. The funny thing is when it comes to telephones, I’m not a high-tech girl. Except for the dorms, I didn’t have a phone in my room until I graduated from college. I was one of the last people to migrate from an analog-digital phone. I rarely talk on the phone and just started texting a year ago. If smartphones were just phones, I’d probably never get one.
While videos didn’t strike a fatal blow to radio music, cell phones are turning home phones into an endangered species.
Are you high tech, low tech or somewhere in between?
Gretchen E K Engel 
In between. Certainly not cutting edge, but ahead of you…except that I don’t own a tablet. 😉 But then, I’m two weeks older than you anyway, right?
So you’ve never spent the night in line for the latest electronic gadget?
Nope, not my style. I wait until they’ve been out a year or so and then snag them when they’re cheaper. Got a kindle for the first time 3-4 years ago ($100), a smart phone 3 years ago ($40 refurbished), and a flat screen tv 2 years ago. This will blow your mind–we finally got a DVR this summer. 😀
Yes, we’re a lot alike. I go for 2nd-3rd generation electronics. And refurbished are great deals!
We have always had pretty up to date computers in our home because my husband is an IT guy. But I just got a “real” cell phone last year. We do have both a flat screen TV and an iPad mini but we won them both. 🙂 The computers are not always brand new but my dh knows what to look for.
Winning technology is always nice! IT is a great help when it comes to computers.
I’m lower than low-tech, but I think you know that. I would still feel perfectly comfy living in 1955. We had electricity, central heat, and indoor plumbing!
Right now, I own a 1990 26-inch console TV, a VHS/DVD player, and a dumb phone. My son bought me an iPad mini last Christmas – the only reason I have one. Our personal computer is seven years old and I have a three-year-old small laptop. I guess we border on Neanderthal.
Which is why I’m always bugging you with tech questions. 😦
I say you’re high tech enough and I don’t mind answering questions.
We got our first flat-screen 4 months ago – it was a freebie when we bought our bedroom set. Our main TV is still a 12 year old, 100lb beast. We did stop buying normal DVDs and always get the “DVD+Blu-Ray” version now since we figure regular DVDs are probably going the way of the video cassette. But we don’t have a blu-ray player yet. Someday… And we’ve never owned a laptop, just desktops. But I do think I tend to know what’s up in the gadgety world, it’s just not a priority to own. Though I remember years ago seeing all these ads for “bluetooth” and Hubby & I had to google it to find out what it was! 😉
Tried Bluetooth for the first time on Sunday.
No blu-ray in Chez Engel either.