My Samsung Note 3
It came in an excellent box. I love it when packaging alone makes me happy. I unwrapped and uncoiled and plugged in before I read the comically short instruction booklet which wasn't an instruction booklet at all. It told me the wonderful tricks my new device could play. It didn't tell me how to play them. Perhaps, were I younger, more astute, more comfortable with electronic gadgetry, this would have been less of an issue. However, I am old. I am wary. I am reluctant to play with the controls for fear of sending an errant message. The machine stumped me. I was officially generationally challenged. It took me a week to realize that the reason no one was answering my calls was because no one recognized the phone number. The Note 3 came with its own, Texas-based, phone number, pre-installed for easy use upon receipt. I'd assumed they'd just added another phone to my own cell number, kind of like an extension phone for a land line. I...