Back in the day, the futufre was supposed to include a huge screen on your wall at home. We were supposed to be able to watch television, talk on the phone, listen to music, and browse the web among many other activities. What was failed to be realized by the people with this great idea; was that people typically don’t spend majority of their time at home and people like to take things with them. Fast forward to today and it isn’t far off from the original idea of the wall screen that allows you to do everything you possibly need on it; only it is a little smaller and it is called an iPhone. Tommorrow the iPhone 5 is released, and you can use it as a phone of course, a music source, an internet source, a book, a flashlight, and even as crazy as this may seem you can even track people with the iPhone.
When something new arrives, people test it out, then other people react to the guinea pigs’ reactions, let the price lower and then try it for themselves, and some even wait way longer and get the product after an upgraded version of the product is released, but product distribution, and the beauty an art of the new audience is still going through their respective circle of life as far as technology goes. The scary/exciting thing about it is technology will never stop, new an improved items/products will continue to rise from the ashes, and people will continue to make purchases and do whatever it takes to obtain these new devices, even if it means waiting three days in line to pay about $500 for the iPhone 5 or whatever new technology device is coming out.
I agree that technology will never stop. As consumers we gone only want faster, slicker, and more reliable things. It is a scary/exciting thing because it makes you think what would be the next thing that will top Apple or HD televison. People are always on the go so technology will too.
I started thinking about the technology I had around me when I was little and the technology I have around me now. When I was a kid, we had one or two computers in the house, a VHS player, and…that was basically it. No one really felt like they needed any thing more than that either. I remember when my dad got a laptop, I was so enthralled by it and constantly wanted to use it (only for solitaire of course). In 8th grade, I got my first cell phone (the phone used in this article– http://www.thebluedot.net/blog/2011/09/28/tweens-the-fastest-growing-cellphone-market/) and I could only use it to call my parents. But today, almost everyone has a laptop, smartphone, tablet, etc. Over the years the excitement of new products has led us to believe that we cannot live without them.
I have a friend who always has to get the new item immediately. She purchased a Galaxy Tablet in January and is now trying to sell it so that she can get the new one that just came out. I like to wait until all kinks are worked out and the price comes down.