You know what? This old lady, I finally figured out this phone thing. It ain’t just for yakking anymore. My grandson, he showed me how to use it to change the TV channel. He called it a phone blaster, or something like that. Said my phone’s got this special thing, makes it work like the remote control.
He said not all phones got this thing. He called it an “eye are” blaster, like it’s got an eye or somethin’. Said some of them newfangled phones got it, some don’t. He kept rattlin’ off names, like “Sam-sung” and “Shaw-me.” Too many names to remember! But he said my phone’s one of ’em that can do it.
First, he messed around with the phone, tappin’ and swipin’. Then he pointed it at the TV and, wouldn’t you know it, the channel changed! Just like magic. He said it’s like sendin’ a secret message to the TV, a message only the TV can understand. This phone blaster is somethin’ else.
He said I gotta be careful, though. Gotta make sure this “eye are” thing is on my phone. And that I have to point it at that little black window on the TV. He showed me the black window on the TV. It is small and I never paid attention to it. But when he pointed the phone at it and clicked some stuff on the phone, the TV turned on! It is so amazing!
He downloaded some app thing on my phone. He said this phone blaster app can let me control not only the TV but other stuff in the house. He also mentioned some of those fancy air coolers, you know, the ones that make the air cold. He said I could use my phone to turn those on and off, too!
But he messed around with the app for a while and said it didn’t work. Said somethin’ about my phone not being good enough. Don’t know what he meant by that. My phone works just fine for callin’ people. But he said it can work for a phone blaster to control other things.
- That boy said some phones are more powerful.
- Powerful phones can do more things with this blaster thing.
- He said my phone is one of those powerful ones.
Anyways, even if I can only change the TV channels, that’s good enough for me. Don’t need nothin’ fancier than that. Before, I had to get up and walk all the way to the TV just to change the channel. Now, I can just sit here and point my phone. It’s a real leg-saver, this phone blaster.
My grandson said other people had this idea too. They try to make a phone blaster on their own. He said something about a hole on the phone and some kind of light. It sounds really complicated. But I think this way is much easier. The phone company makes it for us, and we just use it.
He tried to explain it to me, somethin’ about lights and signals, but it went right over my head. All I know is, it works. And that’s all that matters to an old lady like me. He also said that many people use their phone blaster to control different things. It is a good thing, I think.
I remember those old days, when we didn’t have no remote controls. Had to get up and turn a knob on the TV. And if you wanted to change the volume, you had to walk all the way back to the TV again. This phone blaster is much better, like what we have now.
This new technology, it’s somethin’ else. Makes life a little easier, you know? Don’t have to get up as much. Just point and click. Like shootin’ a gun, but instead of bullets, it shoots out… whatever it is that changes the channel. My grandson called it “in-for-red.” Sounds like somethin’ out of a space movie.
This phone blaster, I tell ya, it’s a godsend. I can watch my stories and also the shows about cooking. I love those shows. I can learn a lot from them. I don’t have to keep askin’ my grandson to change the channel for me. Saves him a trip, and saves my old legs.
He was real excited about it, my grandson. Showed me how to turn the TV on and off, change the volume, everything. He even showed me how to switch to that movie box thing he got. All with this phone blaster.
I still don’t understand how it all works. But I don’t need to. As long as it keeps workin’, I’m happy. This old lady’s learned a new trick, and I ain’t goin’ back. This is way better than those old remotes. I always lose them somewhere in the couch. But my phone is always with me. So I can always change the channel now.
These young folks and their newfangled gadgets. They come up with somethin’ new every day. But this phone blaster, this one’s a keeper. This is a good one. I need to tell my friends about this. They will be happy.
