Link to article: http://blogs.nokia.com/nseries/2011/03/21/5-technologies-your-smartphone-was-meant-to-kill-but-hasnt/
Almost everyone, especially the younger generations, own a smartphone or an iphone, and obviously it was going to replace some of the old technology that existed before smartphones were created.
This article listed five things, however, I disagreed with a few of them.
For example, replacing PC's? Really? A smartphone is going to replace a PC? I acknowledge that the smartphone is highly convenient to have around especially when one goes out and away from their computers and it's smaller than a laptop. However, I do not feel that it would actually kill off the PC because personally, I would rather have a 42inch monitor screen than stare at the tiny screen in the palm of my hand. Also, you cannot really multi-task on a smartphone. For example, watching a video while surfing on the Internet. Smartphones automatically go full-screen when playing a video, and even if we could have separate windows, it'd be painfully small to watch.
The article said that the smartphone was to kill off "calling with the phone". As much as people love to text, I do not think that it will ever take over the oral communication. Some people like talking on the phone, and hearing each other's voices. At times, calling is actually more convenient than sending a text.
I do not think that the smartphone is killing off anything; I actually think the smartphone is merely "improving" what we already have.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
12 Signs that you are a computerholic?
Somebody that I follow on Twitter tweeted this out just a few moments ago, and I thought that it was pretty funny and amusing.
Here's the link: http://www.oddee.com/item_97684.aspx
Like the title have said, these are the 12 signs that will hint the fact that you are indeed a computerholic.
However, as I was scrolling down the pictures, I feel that some of these examples are a bit exaggerated. For example, number 6, where you would take your bathroom to your computer, or number 12, where you would ask to be buried under a computer gravestone. I hope that these two pictures are not serious, and that it was just to be funny.
However, the rest of the list seems possible, and some even applies to me.
You work in your computer even when you are sick: This to me doesn't seem to be a big deal, especially with the world today where almost everything revolves around a computer and the internet. Even if it's not a laptop, people would still surf around the web on their phones, or their iphones.
You have several computers, and you use them at the same time: Again, in the modern world, many people own more than one computer. I, myself, own two and I too use them at the same time. I use my laptop to download things so I can watch them on my desktop, which I also use for work.
You create your own DIY Portable Computer: Ummmm.. I don't know how old this picture is, but we have Laptops now.. so I don't think we need to create our own.
You sleep at work and your office looks like this: So a bed under your desk? Well My computer is next to my bed and I consider my Den and my room to be my office...so...?
Your family and friends need to send you an email if they want to talk to you: Well most of my friends are across the country from me, as well as my family. But then I would still message my friends, but not when they are in the same room as me. That's a bit extreme. If I can talk to someone in person, I will.
So these are the few that applies to me.. Does that mean I'm a Computerholic? or am I normal, based on the time I am in now.
Here's the link: http://www.oddee.com/item_97684.aspx
Like the title have said, these are the 12 signs that will hint the fact that you are indeed a computerholic.
However, as I was scrolling down the pictures, I feel that some of these examples are a bit exaggerated. For example, number 6, where you would take your bathroom to your computer, or number 12, where you would ask to be buried under a computer gravestone. I hope that these two pictures are not serious, and that it was just to be funny.
However, the rest of the list seems possible, and some even applies to me.
You work in your computer even when you are sick: This to me doesn't seem to be a big deal, especially with the world today where almost everything revolves around a computer and the internet. Even if it's not a laptop, people would still surf around the web on their phones, or their iphones.
You have several computers, and you use them at the same time: Again, in the modern world, many people own more than one computer. I, myself, own two and I too use them at the same time. I use my laptop to download things so I can watch them on my desktop, which I also use for work.
You create your own DIY Portable Computer: Ummmm.. I don't know how old this picture is, but we have Laptops now.. so I don't think we need to create our own.
You sleep at work and your office looks like this: So a bed under your desk? Well My computer is next to my bed and I consider my Den and my room to be my office...so...?
Your family and friends need to send you an email if they want to talk to you: Well most of my friends are across the country from me, as well as my family. But then I would still message my friends, but not when they are in the same room as me. That's a bit extreme. If I can talk to someone in person, I will.
So these are the few that applies to me.. Does that mean I'm a Computerholic? or am I normal, based on the time I am in now.
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