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Glenda has officially retired! Welcome Eva!

Published on Monday, March 14, 2011 in Birthdays, Fun and Gift Ideas. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

In June of 2009, I dipped my toe into the SmartPhone pool and have never looked back. Glenda was a welcomed addition to our family. She was a BlackBerry, and I loved her.

As if naming her and personifying her isn’t the first clue.

She’s never let me down. She was a great introduction into the SmartPhone world.

But, June 2009 was a long time ago. In technology years, Glenda has reached retirement age. Because she IS such a smart phone, as soon as I started researching other options, she started twitching every now and then. When she realized her actions were backfiring and it made me research even MORE, she started acting like a perfect little angel almost all the time.

Still, I could tell it was time.

I’ve wanted an HTC EVO since the day I saw one last year. I even put my name on the wait list at the local Sprint Store and they called me! But, I wasn’t ready for the switch, so I let mine go to the next lucky person in line.

Fast forward to my birthday. Daddy and Claire had cooked up a plan, and Claire was going to give me a new phone for my birthday!

Originally, Claire was very distressed at the mere possibility of letting Glenda go. She was distraught. This way, she got used to the idea of Glenda retiring and someone else taking her spot.

I think the resemblance is uncanny.

Meet Eva.

She’s an EVO.

She also looks like EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) on WALL-E, and he pronounces her name, “Eeeee-vuh,” so that’s why we’ve spelled it with an ‘a.’

She’s not Glenda, but she’s awesome.

So, I’ve got my very first Droid for my 37th birthday. I wonder how old Luke Skywalker was when he got his? ;)

The Ninja Route

Published on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in Random Thoughts. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

So, partly because the novelty of Glenda, my new BlackBerry, has yet to wear off, and partly because I’m always looking for new and fun ways to entertain a certain someone in the car, I have a confession to make:

I’ve been using Glenda’s GPS skills even when we already know where we’re going.

Yes! It’s true.

What’s wrong with that!? She’s so calm and awesome, and Claire loves listening to her tell us where to go. Claire also tries to ask her questions and engage her in conversation, but Glenda is pretty focused on the task at hand.

So, the other day, as we got closer to home, I decided to go the way I wanted to go, rather than the way I knew would be programmed into Glenda’s psyche. I have a Ninja Route that I like to take. (What’s a Ninja Route?  Click here for the official definition.) It bypasses a major intersection, and although it’s debatable as to which way is quicker, if i don’t have to deal with that intersection, I’m okay with it taking a few seconds longer.

Rather than turn where Glenda was going to tell me to turn, I turned sooner. She didn’t get huffy with me. She didn’t tell me to turn around (or “please make the next legal u-turn”). She just calmly said, “Rerouting…” and then proceeded to tell me how to get home.

But, here is where is where I was surprised. Rather than tell me to turn again onto the main road (the way I was going takes you back up to a major street, the one that intersected with the street I was on before disregarding her directions), she had me continue on The Ninja Route!

Glenda knew The Ninja Route!

I was amazed at how intuitive she was. She assumed that I was avoiding that street for whatever reason and then told me how to get home, turn-by-turn via The Ninja Route.

Either The Ninja Route is not as ninja as I thought it was, or Glenda is part ninja.

My money’s on the latter…

;)