Electronic Olio
Cellphone-cum-dishwasher-cum-lawnmowerDC blogged this one a couple of days ago...and that set me thinking...
Convergence is the mantra of today's consumer electronics industry...but alas! few seem to know how to chant it! So we have cellfones you can use to invade into someone's privacy with impunity and we have cellfones that can play radio and we have cellfones which can play the role of nagging wives (a few can even roll over and play dead!!!). That they all also let you make calls and send messages should be considered purely on the fringe.
The practical & tactical aspects be damned! Just make the gadget snazzy and the junta would lap it up. I remember the times when the fones used to be bulky self-defence weapon wannabes. Those were the first ones to hit the market and the 'hep' dudes would brandish it like an extension of their carnal egos. And there we were, a bunch of college duds, walking up to the closest guy showing off with his fone stuck to his ear and ask him 'Bhaisaab, score kya hua hai?' Try that now and he just might show you the live telecast on the fone!
If this goes on, pretty soon we would be watching that Discovery channel's show about futuristic gizmos on our brand new refrigirators sitting in the comfort of our washing machines while enjoying hot paranthas cooked on our DVD players!
Long live consumerism!!!
Convergence is the mantra of today's consumer electronics industry...but alas! few seem to know how to chant it! So we have cellfones you can use to invade into someone's privacy with impunity and we have cellfones that can play radio and we have cellfones which can play the role of nagging wives (a few can even roll over and play dead!!!). That they all also let you make calls and send messages should be considered purely on the fringe.
The practical & tactical aspects be damned! Just make the gadget snazzy and the junta would lap it up. I remember the times when the fones used to be bulky self-defence weapon wannabes. Those were the first ones to hit the market and the 'hep' dudes would brandish it like an extension of their carnal egos. And there we were, a bunch of college duds, walking up to the closest guy showing off with his fone stuck to his ear and ask him 'Bhaisaab, score kya hua hai?' Try that now and he just might show you the live telecast on the fone!
If this goes on, pretty soon we would be watching that Discovery channel's show about futuristic gizmos on our brand new refrigirators sitting in the comfort of our washing machines while enjoying hot paranthas cooked on our DVD players!
Long live consumerism!!!
posted by The Soulforged @ 5/05/2005
3 Comments:
I miss the days when each gadget had a specific purpose...these days, if I see any gadget, I sometimes feel lost in deciding which of its features will make me buy it.....
Walked into Forum a couple of days after these blogs were posted, and came across a Samsung D500 stall - it had 3 "zones" - The Data Zone, The Connectivity Zone and The Music Zone (to highlight memory, data, internet capability, and audio and mp3 gimmicks) - talking and SMS be damned !
Yeah I remember, I walked up to the lissome lass fronting the stall and asked her if I could also make calls from these fones and her first reaction was 'of course not!' then when it dawned on her she blurted 'oh you mean after you have bought it...yeah sure'
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