IÂ’ve had the same cell phone for almost three years now. I like it, itÂ’s plain and simple. Since I rarely use my phone for anything it suited me well. I didnÂ’t need nor want a camera on it or anything like that. Like all things, after time it started to malfunction. The battery wouldnÂ’t hold a charge and occasionally it wouldnÂ’t turn on or off, it would be stuck in a start up position where you couldnÂ’t do anything. Oh, and it was starting to work like a small heater. It would get up to temperatures that just wasnÂ’t right.

Ktreva wanted to get a new cellphone, she wanted something newer and more stylish. On lunch today we headed to the store we have our cell phones through. We walk in and Ktreva instantly finds a phone she likes. It has all the bells and whistles and gadgets that she wants. I other the other hand canÂ’t find anything I like. They either have too many gadgets and functions on them or they look god-awful. As I was looking around I saw one phone that advertised something that actually caught my attention. It had a GPS navigation system.

Folks, I love maps. IÂ’m not ashamed to admit that I spend hours studying maps just so I can become more familiar with places. With this fascination comes another problem. I expect anyone on trips with me to have the same skills with and respect for maps. They hardly if ever do. Now I find a phone that will take the place of my unfit navigators. After looking, I found other phones that had this capability, but I didnÂ’t like the feel of them. So I ended up buying a phone that takes pictures, videos, can play music and a bunch of other stuff I will never use just for the navigation system.

On the way home from work I played with it, and let me tell you, it was great. It auto updates if I miss or make a wrong turn. Then it gave me voice warnings of pending turns and then telling me when to turn. With a push of a button it will map out where you are at. This has to be the best idea anyone has ever come up with for a phone. My father has one of those large GPS systems for vehicles and this works just like hisÂ… only I canÂ’t talk to mine, and itÂ’s even more portable.

If you have Verizon, and a phone that can handle the VZ Navigator system, IÂ’d highly recommend looking into getting it.

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