[Filed under: ranttime, techie]

If you don’t know what a smartphone is in this world, people would pretty much think you’re an idiot. Almost everyone has one and if you don’t, some people -surprisingly- laugh at you. I will admit that they’re pretty awesome inventions that can do a great amount of things. It’s like a swiss knife deshou. Besides calling and messaging, you got internet all over the place with people going crazy for apps. You can stay connected and if you’re a business person, you can basically work wherever you are. They have their many uses, but a lot of this is abused and cause people to be lazy, as with a lot of advanced technology.

I love technology and all, I just don’t love it when it’s being used like drugs or something. People of all ages have their heads buried and is the cause of many deaths (and as you know, many bad grades). This “swiss knife” idea for these smartphones have caused people to expect a little too much from any device that’s similar. For example, if you have two completely different smartphones that are for different things, many people will compare them and say that one sucks because there’s too many buttons or that it’s a bit slow. I for one think that buttons are necessary, but that’s besides the point.

I bring this up because I was just watching a short little Korean thing on smartphones and how amazingly uber awesome they are and how rich and famous people need them in their lives, too (and is basically poking at you to get one). Funny thing is, the only phone they really showed is the iPhone, but that is also besides the point (or is it). These people were like “oh no, I can’t possibly live without my smartphone, it does everything for me and it’s such a time killer”. Yeah, I love time killers, too. Here’s the interesting bit: “When I moved from America to Korea, I didn’t have to bring my home phone with me since I have my smartphone. In the future, since smartphones can already act as a tv and computer, you wouldn’t need to carry around tvs and computers with you, it’s such a hassle” (and if you need to know, this was said by JYP). It sounds so convenient~ ….=_____=;; I mean, the thought’s not bad, but it just sounds like people are trying to get around life even more than they are now, making it “more comfortable”. If you think about the less fortunate in other countries now and told them that, they’d think you’re spoiled and ridiculous, which we are. I’m lucky to be typing on this computer now. I didn’t even have my first phone until last summer. Maybe that’s why I’m so egh about this.

Either way, point is, people take tech for granted and although they’re awesome, it’s just way too much =_=

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I ragingly typed this on on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 2:34 pm. You can be a stalker to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can yell back, or trackback from your own site.