My girlfriend and I share a similar trait: we are both horribly navigationally challenged (her more so than me). A simple drive 20 minutes from home will ensure an adventure in finding our way back. Oh shit do we get lost. Over the years this had lead to several arguments over which way we came from, or the best way to get somewhere. When we forgot to bring the Navman with us, all hell would break loose. That is until the day my girlfriend got her iPhone and our lives were changed.
No longer would we struggle to find our way, simply click on Google maps and our path would be lit. It not only helped us geographically, but in so many more ways. Listening
to the radio and want to know the name of that song? Shazzam it. Want to find out movies times on the run? Google it. Want to stalk someone? Facebook stalk them first. All these are accessible from the palm of your hand if you are blessed enough to own an iPhone.
Over the years, we have seen change in the telecommunications industry, but the changes seen within the last decade are astronomical. Take for instance the first mobile phone I ever had, a trusty old Nokia 3315. At the time, I think it was around 2002, this was the most popular phone on the market. It had the game snake (everybody’s favourite phone game) and ear-piercing monophonic ringtones. No colour screen or camera here, just a bright greenish-yellow glow emitting from the dull screen... but you could change the covers and personalise your phone. What more could you want in a phone?? Apparently a lot more!
Fast forward 8 years, and look at the phones we all use now? We have inbuilt GPS, Bluetooth connectivity, still and video recording, email, internet access, music downloads and video streaming all in the palm of our hand. Gone are the days when all you needed a phone for was to call and eventually SMS. We have become so addicted and attached to our ‘smart phones’ that the basic need for a phone has become somewhat overlooked.
The 21st century will definitely see the smart phone screen become the dominate screen of choice. No longer do we need our phone to call, our books to write, our Xbox to play, our TV to watch, our mp3 player to listen too, our camera to photograph or our computer to surf the net. We only need the smart phone to have a charged battery.
As Levinsion said, ‘the iPhone starts to satisfy the longstanding human need to have any and all information, anytime we may want it, wherever we and the information we seek may happen to be.’
No longer would we struggle to find our way, simply click on Google maps and our path would be lit. It not only helped us geographically, but in so many more ways. Listening
to the radio and want to know the name of that song? Shazzam it. Want to find out movies times on the run? Google it. Want to stalk someone? Facebook stalk them first. All these are accessible from the palm of your hand if you are blessed enough to own an iPhone.Over the years, we have seen change in the telecommunications industry, but the changes seen within the last decade are astronomical. Take for instance the first mobile phone I ever had, a trusty old Nokia 3315. At the time, I think it was around 2002, this was the most popular phone on the market. It had the game snake (everybody’s favourite phone game) and ear-piercing monophonic ringtones. No colour screen or camera here, just a bright greenish-yellow glow emitting from the dull screen... but you could change the covers and personalise your phone. What more could you want in a phone?? Apparently a lot more!
Fast forward 8 years, and look at the phones we all use now? We have inbuilt GPS, Bluetooth connectivity, still and video recording, email, internet access, music downloads and video streaming all in the palm of our hand. Gone are the days when all you needed a phone for was to call and eventually SMS. We have become so addicted and attached to our ‘smart phones’ that the basic need for a phone has become somewhat overlooked.
The 21st century will definitely see the smart phone screen become the dominate screen of choice. No longer do we need our phone to call, our books to write, our Xbox to play, our TV to watch, our mp3 player to listen too, our camera to photograph or our computer to surf the net. We only need the smart phone to have a charged battery.
As Levinsion said, ‘the iPhone starts to satisfy the longstanding human need to have any and all information, anytime we may want it, wherever we and the information we seek may happen to be.’
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