Cell Phones

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 58 degrees, high 70 degrees, mostly cloudy all day

Our cell phone is a Nokia 6010 that we received free a little over three years ago as an incentive to sign up for cell phone service with Cingular, now called AT&T. The cell phone we had before was full of bells and whistles that we never seemed to master, even though we had it for about four years. You could say that we are having problems entering fully into the electronic age. The old phone did not seem to have a strong signal and the battery was short-lived. We decided when we got the Nokia 6010 that we wanted as few extras as possible so there would be less things to learn about it and it would be more likely to give better service. The Nokia 6010 has fulfilled our needs and has served faithfully with a stronger signal. The only problem we have had is that the battery was starting to be a little weak. When we first got the phone, the battery would last for about a week without charging. Lately, we had to charge it every day, some times more than once a day. That made us realize we had to get a new phone, or hopefully, find a battery that would fit the old one.

We stopped at the AT&T store to see if they had a battery, and if not, look at their phones. Imagine our surprise when we asked the sales person about a battery, and she suggested we go to a store that specializes in all kinds of batteries for electronic stuff. She even looked up the address for the battery store and called them to see if they had a battery for our phone. The battery store had one, and said they would hold it for us. We received great customer service at the AT&T store that we did not expect.

We drove to Batteries Plus, a chain of 320 stores that is dedicated to providing quality American made batteries for any battery need that might touch your life. They had the battery ready for us to pick up, we changed out the old battery, and we were back in service. We noticed after the initial charge on the battery today, we did not have to charge it anymore for the day. Hopefully, our battery problems are over.

While at the AT&T store, I asked the sales person about what AT&T was doing to make their air card signal stronger. She said that the latest technology, which is 3G, and is equivalent to broadband speeds, is spreading across the country. It is available in Birmingham and should be in Tuscaloosa anytime. AT&T's competitors already have the 3G technology in place, so that should cause AT&T to speed up their upgrade to 3G.

After taking care of our cell phone, we went out to Terri's house and continued work on the preps for placing the house on the market. The house and property are so large that the task we have facing us is a little daunting. One bite at a time, and eventually we will have it done. We hope.

Note to our red headed friend in Granbury, Texas: we had Publix fried chicken for supper. Mmmm, good!

More later, be safe.

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