It is interesting that the example was the iPhone because with the introduction of the iPhone has come the introduction of a new technology...the touch screen!
I won't lie I spent $400 on an iPhone and that was before the new faster iPhone was introduced with the faster 3G network! When it was first introduced people were amazed at the capabilities of having all those amenities and applications literally at their fingertips. Most people that don't have it look at it as possibly one of the hardest devices to operate when in all actuality I have found it to be the easiest phone I've ever had. In fact, when someone hands me a regular cell phone I say, "how do you work this"?
All this new technology of the touch screen launched more items available with touch screen capabilities and has now even become a competition and its not just among celluar phones.
Of course Apple introduced along with the iPhone their iPod touch which is like the iPhone only without phone capabilities, which to me is silly, why not just buy the phone it has all the same stuff and you can call people! Then more than a year later Blackberry has just introduced their new phone available exclusively at Verizon Wireless just as the iPhone is available exclusively at AT&T. The new Blackberry Storm! A touch screen phone, where have I seen this concept before? I have a friend that owned the iPhone but wanted the Storm so she sold her iPhone on Ebay and bought the Storm, a week later she tells me she hates the Storm and wishes she never sold her iPhone. Everyone will be different of course, those that didn't have the iPhone will probably like the Storm but once you get used to a certain kind of technology it is hard to try something else and the Storm is definitely different.
Along with touch screen cell phones and iPod's, Hewlett Packard (HP) has introduced their newest computer, The Touch Screen PC!! Very exciting! Can you imagine being able to surf the internet page by page just by touching your computer screen? This is incredible technology and I have to say that I really want one.
I am certain that their is a company out there trying to create a touch screen TV as well if they haven't already. Eventually the entire world will be accessible with the touch of a finger!
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I had seen people stand in line for hours for that particular phone. Were you disappointed when they came out with a new and advanced phone?
ReplyDeleteI really believe that technology is one of the higher rankings when it comes to popular culture. Everyone around the world is in to technology some way or another. I enjoy learning how certain items work.I really think technology is cool because it keeps you engaged about what is going on around the world and I feel that is very important in our society today. Good choice in pop culture :)
At first I was mad cause I had just bought mine a few months earlier but then the new ones started having problems that mine didn't so it didn't matter.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is definitely a huge topic for the entire world and does pertain to pop culture today because most of our entertainment, advancements, science and medicine involve technology.
I can say that phones change by the day always something coming out. I had my phone for a couple months and when I took it back they said it was out of style, I had just spent 300 on this phone. I just stick with the phone I have. I can not keep up with the times, I would be just working to buy phones.
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