A little bit of Star Trek in my hand

I grew up, as with anyone who’s got even a trace of nerd in them, with Star Trek. I’m more of a Picard girl, whilst Mr. Lacer being ah hem in his forties is a diehard Kirk boy, but still, it is always exciting when something you saw on your TV screen as a kid, comes to life when you’re an adult.

Yes, my new iPhone came today, which surely is the closest we have to a tricorder? Ok, it’s can’t scan you and tell if you’re an alien (yet – s0meone’s probably working on the app) and you didn’t have Kirk and Spock playing games on their tricorders but surely if Rodenberry and foreseen the rise of the app, they’d have been doing just that?

So, I love my new iPhone, as does Boy Lacer, who probably thinks it’s his. I had him by my shoulder for the whole set up process and he was very impressed when I downloaded a few free music and drawing apps for him. I was very impressed with how quickly it set up and how it synced with my Outlook (having the option to sync with my bookmarks on Chrome and not just Internet Explorer, would have been good to, what’s this, Apple in league with Microsoft?). I think I’ll be using my iPhone mostly for texting (I tend to text more than phone), listening to music, not getting lost, running (I’m going to start again, now that I, thanks to the iPhone, have a GPS device), watching iPlayer in bed, using it to take notes for stories and craft ideas (I’m terrible for remembering to bring along a notebook, but I’ll always have my phone, I think I’ll more likely use the voice memo facility, as I’ll be able to get my ideas down whilst staying on the move / keeping an eye on the kids), keeping better track of my diary, taking photos and video and finally entertaining the kids (under close supervision!). I’m going to try very hard not to go down the paid app route, as this is costing me enough as it is, but some of those free apps, hmmm. I may be paying for Crash Bandicoot next month, used to play that one when I was a kid!