So those that know me personally understand the extent of my hatred for the piece of technology that calls itself the cellphone. I'll try my hardest to not impart facts like cellphones are the newest accepted necessity causing more inconveniences, poor drivers, and added financial struggle even though it is still very much an unnecessary luxury, etc etc. No instead I'll choose the newest annoyance I've seen from people far and wide.
The best in the way of cellphone technology comes from Nokia. The N95, for example, is and has been one of the more underestimated super computers that's only the size of a fudge bar. The amount of features that come standard on the phone as well as the software compatibility and application availability has kept the N95 above every other piece of junk before it.
Apple's latest and fastest upgradedest iPhone is another in a long line of Apple products that has taken some of the best features of other companies and made them a little more user-friendly while allowing Apple to horde the market in areas for more profit. As usual they have taken the classic PC look and made it their more visually appealing gum drop interface which always plays good with the ladies somehow.
Both Apple and Nokia, as well as some other companies, have taken what used to be a phone with a few added features like a camera and instead, made what is now a glorified laptop with skype. And so begins the newest annoyance. It is the scathing fact that people don't want to admit what these pieces of technology truly are. It's how underused they are by the people that buy them because they don't want to admit that these are really just computers.
Lately I've seen many people that can barely fumble through a computer with a new iPhone in their hands. Don't get me wrong, some are resourceful enough to find on the internet how to put a different SIM card in and use a different service provider, but what I tend to see from those same people is they are using it to the equal extent of their friend Sally's pink Motorola SLVR. I've seen people with an iPhone that never touch any applications beyond contacts, voicemail, and texting. The beauty (if one can search hard enough and resist so much hatred) of these cellphones is that they are an all-in-one laptop and can also be used as a phone, music player, or even a camera.
Those that understand the purpose of a laptop versus a desktop know that it lays purely in it's mobility while not sacrificing versatility of applications and uses. Cramming all this into something handheld does appeal to some for that purpose but those people are few and far between when you start to talk to them about their investment. Maybe it's the worry that people will start placing the iPhone into the PDA category. The worry might be that anything related to PDAs because they are so outdated and people need to feel they are on the cusp of the edge of the tip of the latest trends? Well hell, if you do want to ride that crazy train on the fringe of trendiness at least put the technology next to the Jesus is my co-pilot statue and make the little electronic hamster turn not only the wheel but have it send a little email, pull up some maps and even do a little remote desktoping.
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