Don't get me wrong--I still really love my new phone. It's sleek and cool and does lots of things.



But I discovered one unfortunate defect yesterday. I was on my way home, listening to the radio, and the DJ came on with a "guess the sound clip" contest. And I knew it! I knew that answer. So I yanked my phone out and readied myself to dial in, and then the DJ gave the number: 260-DIVA.

I looked down at my phone, and realized that I had absolutely no idea what the numericals were for DIVA.



I don't have a regular numeric keypad anymore! I was stuck! I desperately tried to figure it out, but then I couldn't remember if the letters started on 1 or 2, and I knew that one of the numbers had four letters on it, but I couldn't remember if it was 1 or 9. Would you know? Without looking? Would you be able to figure it out in your head (remember, I was driving, so I didn't have the luxury of trying to write it out)?

In mild desperation I called my husband. "Jack!! What are the numbers for DIVA?!"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

I attempted to explain. Then I had to make sure he knew that it was D-I-V-A, not B-I-B-A, and then had to wait for him to look at his phone and figure it out. Finally, he gave me the result and I dialed the station.

And I got through! "Diva 92.3, care to make a guess?"

"Yes!" I cried with glee. "It's Steve Carell!"

"That's right!" He replied. "Unfortunately, someone already guessed it. But there'll be another one tomorrow!"

I mumbled something appropriate and hung up. I coulda had it if I hadn't wasted several minutes figuring out what the frickin' phone number was. A contest lost for the lack of a traditional numeric keypad. Sigh.