When Hubby's mom was sick with cancer, my little gray cellphone decided to call it quits.  So we got a Razor [ or is it Razr?] phone in Houston with enough discounts that they nearly had ot pay us to take it. It's been pretty good too--I really got attached to my phone/camera thingy.

Now Dad's sick and this phone is ailing. The computer died too. So we need a new phone for me since I'm having calls from Vanderbilt hospital all the time.  We can replace my old one free with a similar one. I told hubby, "No bells and whistles. Just something I can talk on and maybe take some pics of the kids. I don't need a phone that can program the VCR [DVD, now I guess] and tell the microwave to make me some popcorn. " 

Being the ultra-smart telephone guy that he is, he gave me some news that really surprised me. He told me that some new phones are coming out soon that will give you the ability to program your TV when YOU'RE NOT HOME!  Now how cool is that?  We got rid of our satellite because when we had time to watch something, everything was yucky with a capital YUCK.  But if they ever come out with that microwave feature we might could use that.

By the way, Hubby ordered me a phone with bells and whistles anyway. He's so good to me! Not that I'll figure out how to use them.   LOL!