Waiting for Samsung...

I got a gift note from my husband last Christmas that said:  "one tablet".  I figured it would be easy to find a tablet that I liked.  I wanted to get an Android tablet, to be compatible with my phone.   Samsung was supposed to be coming out with new tablets in early spring, and I was willing to wait.

Since early spring, Samsung has come out with at least 3 sets of new tablets--each with ca. 8, 10, and 12-inch screens.  Initially I wanted to get the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1.  It first came out in March, I believe--but only in wireless.  The PR announcements said the tablets would be available on the wireless networks, including Verizon, a few months late.

I've waited and waited, and still no Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 on the Verizon network.  At this point, I've stopped checking the Internet and stopping in at Verizon stores to see when they might come in.  They have no idea.

Meanwhile, Samsung keeps coming out with new sets of tablets--I can't even remember what the latest set is called.  But nothing I want is available on the Verizon wireless network.

And in the meantime, it's starting to look like tablets are becoming passe.  Sales are down, and phones are getting bigger.  People are again buying laptops.

Whatever reason Samsung has for not moving its tablets quickly to the Verizon network, that strategy may have backfired big time.  Seems like the tablet craze came and went, and I never got the chance to get in on the craze before it petered out.

Guess I'll either wait for the next big phone, or get a new laptop.  Or both.

Another biopsy...

It's been nearly a year since my skin cancer surgery, and I was going reflect on how things were going.  And take a photo to see how the scar was progressing.  But I've been noticing that the skin on the left side of my face, near the surgery site, was developing new splotches.  So today, and my 3-month checkup with the dermatologist, she noted that one splotch had gotten bigger and darker, so she did a biopsy.  She measured and will monitor another splotch on my face, as well as one on my clavicle.

She didn't say, but I'm guessing that the odds aren't good--melanomas recur, and the fact that the biopsied splotch is near the original melanoma site can't be a good sign.   I know I'm trying to be more optimistic about things, but this one's hard.

I'll find out in about a week.  If it's melanoma, I'll need surgery again.  Around the same time as last year.  This time I want to avoid having the surgery the day before I go to the beach.  We'll see--depends on the surgeon's schedule...

I stopped by Starbucks on my way home and got an orange mango smoothie.  I thought it would cheer me up.  And I can watch our new kittens fighting with each other.  At least I'm teleworking today; I need to keep the bandage on for 24 hours.