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I’m a bit of a stick in the mud when it comes to change.

I dislike it.

A *LOT*

So what did I do…gave up my years-long love-affair with Blackberry and bought a new Android-based phone.

I’ve sort of had it spelled out to me recently that I resist change even when it makes sense. Fearing the unknown and all that.

So this is my gesture.

I managed to hit Sprint.Com during one of the 18 whole hours they had the HTC EVO in stock. My son wanted to spend his end-of-year-report-card-money on one and in playing with it in the store, I had to admit I was pretty impressed.

First off the screen. The EVO sports a 4.3″ diag. screen which puts the rest of the droid-based phones to shame. (Even the new HTC Droid “Incredible” isn’t so incredible at a paltry 3.7″)

Setup was easy, but not as easy as it could have been. After several unsuccessful attempts at activating online I was forced to call in. The unsuccessful activations were due to the fact that the phones were tied to the number they were purchased under, and I was trying to cross-activate them.

So far so good. The only notible exception is the inability to sync my windows “Notes” using exchange active-sync. I depend on those pretty heavily so will have to find a work-around for it.

I’ll update when i actually get a chance to use this in a “work” situation. But so far playing with it has been fun.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this on my site before, it’s kind of a touchy subject.  My 6-year old son has been diagnosed with Autism.

This scares the hell out of me on so many levels, not so much because I know it means he’s going to have to work harder to maintain the “normal” relationships that people take for granted, but because he reminds me so much of me.

Autistic children almost have the appearance of being mis-wired..  Emotion takes work, so does empathy.  Sensitivity to everything else is amplified.  Touch, Sound, Sight.   Any extremes can cause an overload and ruin everyone’s day.

Anyway – I’ve run across a site I wanted to link to, (which is the real reason for this point)

www.hiddenlaughter.com

So when you see someone with a child melting down in the supermarket,  or the airport.  Think twice before you judge them.  They may have their hands full.