I’d Like To Introduce You To Galaxy

July 24, 2012 By 7 Comments

Let me introduce you to my new BFF. This is Galaxy. Ain’t she a beaut?

Samsung Galazy S 3 Verizon

As part of my Verizon Wireless Ambassadorship, I got my hands on this little baby the day after she was released. How cool is that? I have only been playing with her for a couple days now, but I have to say “WOW.”

I was impressed when my DROID RAZR entered my life, it was so much faster and cooler than my old phones. But oh my, I am sorry Droid, my new little girl – the Samsung Galaxy S III – is incredible. She’s sleaker, sexier and faster! And did I mention, she’s pretty! I have never had a white phone before!

Speaking of pretty, holy cow the display. At a whooping 4.8 inches this is the biggest screen I have ever seen on a phone. It makes my old phone (and my husband’s iPhone only 3.5 inches) look tiny. With gorgeous graphics, the touch-screen display is down right amazing. And unlike some other phones that have the nasty habbit of easily scratching and shattering, the Galaxy’s display is protected by Gorilla glass.

Samsung Galaxy S 3 Verizon

I love the move to a single traditional button on the face of the phone flanked by two capacitive buttons. (That fancy word is curtsey of my techy husband who provides geek speak to my excitement. For the rest of us they are hidden, touch-sensitive buttons that appear when you tap them. Really cool.)

Fun features I have fallen in love with already:

  • S Voice (Android’s answer to Siri).
  • Eye recognition – A little camera scans for my eye when I am not touching the screen to see if I am looking at the phone. If I am looking, the phone stays on (for reading). If I am not, it goes dark.
  • Circular scrolling through display screens.
  • A faster, better, more awesome camera (I promise a blog post about this soon).
  • Ice Cream Sandwich – The new android operating system is soooo much faster.
  • Widgets - I love the handy built-in widgets (another blog post coming soon).
  • Tap to Top, Tilt to Zoom and Pan to Browse – Just cool!

There’s so much to learn about my new phone, I am having so much fun playing with it. I can’t wait to see what else I can do with this phone!

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Going Mobile With A Verizon Hotspot

May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Now that summer is upon us, my family has many trips to the beach planned. Not only is a trip to the beach a great time to relax, but the two-hour drive is a great chance to get some work done. After loading up the kids, dogs and stuff into the car we pop in a DVD for K and we are off. Lucky for me hubs doesn’t mind taking the wheel, which means I have quiet time to work.

I have worked in the car on road trips for years. I used to draft post and edit docs in Word, transferring what I needed to my site or emailing it upon reaching my destination. That works fine, but I am an Internet junkie. It always seemed like something came up while I was in the car that needed immediate attention and Internet access.

Yes, I could get an additional mobile hotspot device (I used to have one years ago), but I have so much tech to keep up with already. I really don’t need anything else. Complaining to my husband one day he said, “Why don’t you use the hotspot on your phone?”

Ummmm what hotspot?

Did you know that your Verizon smartphone can be turned into a mobile hotspot? I whipped out my phone searched under settings and voila there it was. (You may need to add that service to your account.)

Hello 4G hotspot, where have you been all of my life?

This summer, I will be cruising down the highway with my laptop open and my 4G hotspot active.

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I Am A Verizon Wireless Ambassador

January 30, 2012 By 6 Comments

I was attending Les Misérables with my father when the email came though. I actually squealed with excitement. I was chosen to be a Verizon Wireless Ambassador and test out some of Verizon’s latest and greatest technology. For once, I would be the one in the house with the newest and coolest phone, yippie.

Let me introduce you to the coolest, sleakest phone this gal has ever owned. The Droid RAZR.

 Verizon Driod Razr

DROID. It’s even cool when it powers up and says it’s name. (A quick aside. After I set it up I left it in the room with my daughter to finish a system update and reboot. When I returned K exclaimed, “Mommy, your phone said TOYS!” DROID vs TOYS… Well, apparently they sound similar enough to a three year old. So even K thinks my phone is cool.)

When I signed up for the program, the big mystery was what phone we would receive. Since my father recently received a the Droid Razr, I had it in my head that would be the phone to test. Although my techy hubby suggested it might also be a Galaxy Nexus or even an iPhone (insert ohhhs and ahhs here). When we were given a clue about gorilla glass, I knew it was either the RAZR or RAZR MAXX. (Not familiar with gorilla glass, it is supposed to be scratch and shatter resistant – whooo hooo! I don’t know about you, but I am always dropping my phone.) So far, I am please as a peach with my RAZR!

Verizon Driod Razr

I am no stranger to smart phones, I carried a couple generations of the Blackberry in it’s hay day, and I have even owned two Android phones. But this is the first Verizon phone I owned, at least in as long as I can remember, at some point my memory goes fuzzy on carriers past. And my other phones, they weren’t the tip-top coolest like this little piece of machinery.

So far, this is one happy mom. I haven’t played with things too much yet. But when I have it is fast, which is good since I have zero patience.

There will be much more about my Droid RAZR in coming weeks. I can’t wait to put it to day-to-day use, and tell you want this mom things of her new phone. If you have any questions you’ve always wanted to ask about the phone, let me know. I will figure it out or be happy to ask.

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Disclosure – I have been provided a phone and service plan to use throughout the duration of this program, no other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions are my own.