Steve Lohr with NY Times Top Technology news stated yesterday in this article, "In today’s recession-racked economy, penny-pinching is a national pastime. But people are still opening their wallets for smartphones." How could this be? Are we becoming obsessed with image, media and it's connectedness? For the most part...YES! "The smartphone, analysts say, is the instrument of that connectedness — and thus worth the cost, both as a communications tool and as a status symbol." Smart phones are projected to increase 25 percent this year according to Gartner, a research business. Fast gotta-have-it-now expectations are becoming the social norm. Smart phones are expensive but we are seeing a growing trend of penny pinchers purchasing them! A woman who says she pinches pennies got an iphone simply for her job.
She says, shet got an iPhone allowing her to be online no matter where she was, without having to lug a computer around. “I absolutely got it for the job search,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s really an expectation, but if another job candidate returns an e-mail message eight hours later, and you get back immediately with a message hat says ‘Sent from my iPhone,’ I think it has to be a check box in your favor.”
This story says loads about increasing popularity of BlackBerrys, iPhones owing as much to sociology as technology...and this is definitely a message the wireless industry would like to reinforce.
I personally love my iphone and it's convenience of instant emails and internet where ever I go. It has turned a phone into a super mass media at your finger tips kind of phone! Some days I feel it is an extreme necessity. I am not an overly materialistic person...but when I image myself not having it....I realize how much I really do use it and how much it comes in handy. This summer I will probably be getting a new less popular and culturally talked up phone...and will probably sorely miss my iphone. But hey...a phone's a phone right?
The wireless industry's key is making sure smart phone technology helps you carry out the tasks of daily life instead of interfering with them. It’s about balance and managing things. Pretty sure I am going to have to find other ways to write down my homework, take notes during devotionals and speeches, and being able to access my emails whenever and where ever. I will let you know how that goes. In the mean time....do you think smart phones are a neccessity or another bother of a gadget trend?
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