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You're holding it upside down.

[a blatant lie, because it's only going to reorient itself, but she kinda wonders how long he'll sit there turning it back and forth before that clicks!]

...Motherfucker. [He flips it. Then flips it again. Then flips it again.]

Uh...it's a phone? You call people with it.

[slurps innocently away at a milkshake]

Yeah, I got that. Just ain't ever seen a phone like it before.

Not. Funny.

Never saw an iphone or never saw a cell phone?

[Either way, it seemed pretty strange, although this guy also had a pretty strange scent, so while Isaac didn't know what was going on with him, he was pretty sure there was a supernatural element to it.]

It's a smart-phone. Kind of a cross between those old PDAs and cell phone. It's pretty much supposed to be as much mobile computer as it is phone, but in the case of the iPhone, it's really more kitschy novelty crap as opposed to a legitimately useful smart phone.

iPhone. Cell phones I get.

That's what the Verizon guy tried to tell me, but most people told me to go with the i-phone.

Neither makes any fucking sense.

Well, the iPhones are very popular right now, but that's because people like its combined use. Plug it in to your computer with iTunes and swap videos, music, programs... Bring it along with you and look at stupid videos on Youtube before calling someone!

Some of the other smart-phones out there have more utilitarian value, which makes them less useful to the majority crowd.

But if you need some help... what are you trying to get the phone to do?

[dour look] Anything.

Well, the first thing to keep in mind is the screen is heat-sensitive. That is, your body heat. A stylus won't work, and if you're wearing gloves of any real kind of thickness, that stops it from responding, too.

...[Looks down at his gloves] Oh. Guess that makes sense.

Yeah, most people don't catch that. It's cool, since touch-screens work in different ways sometimes. Some are heat-based, some are pressure-based, some are even based on surface electricity.

After that, it's pretty easy to get to work. All the little icons are labeled with their functions, like "Contacts", "Mail", "Phone" and "Internet". You just press your finger down on the icon you want in a tapping motion.

Ah. [frowning at it] Seems more complicated than it's worth.

I dunno [rattleslurp] I kinda thought so. But now you've learned something!

I've learned that this phone is too complicated for it's own good. [grumblemutter]

[Sending him a text message]
Let me know when you figure out how to read this.

[He reads it, and tries to interact with it, but the message disappears and the phone locks before he can figure out what it's all about] Dammit!

[She is just going to Laugh while she makes sure to update people on facebook about this hilarity.]

MEEEEGGAAAAANNNN

[But of course, shouting her name only works better than a text if she's actually in the vicinity]

[She's not far. Far enough know what's going on, out of range of smacking upside the head, although she'll flit close enough to smile cheerfully and reach over to tap the icon on the phone to bring up the text prompts]

Easier than a VCR. Whatever a VCR is.

How did you...I can't even get past the first [unlock] screen!

Don't poke it, you just have to kinda touch it. With your fingertip.