THE iPHONE AND OTHER REMARKABLE GADGETS
I remember that once upon a time I wanted one. This “need” only lasted for a couple of days. Logic took over once I realised that my current phone does the job, that I have access to internet most of the day anyway and that the £30 extra every month could be used more constructively on, urmmmm, I don’t really know, maybe shoes or make-up.
So the phase passed and I am happy to report that life without an iPhone appears to be fine. It could be better with one, but I seem to manage somehow. I do know a few people who view the world before the iPhone as a dark place. The guys love to whip it out over a beer to look at maps of Manhattan, discuss the weather or just as a party trick to impress a few girls by doing something useful like checking out train times.
Yesterday I came to the realisation that I don’t know a single female with an iPhone. So, just in case I don’t know any cool people, I decided to ask around hoping that my friends will know somebody from the “in” crowd. Then it dawned on us – we don’t know many non-males who own an iPhone (or any other new generation smart phone). It just doesn’t seem to be a chick thing in my (extended) crowd.
Neither have I heard a female declaring her intention to save up for a HD wide flat screen TVs or xbox/ ninetento,/playstations/wii game playing device you connect to your super TV. Don’t get me wrong, we are not entirely gadget free. Most of us have iPods that we are happy to use without complete sound block earphones, we see the need for a GPS and we do own laptops which we mainly use for communication, admin and entertainment in the form of movies, nothing more complicated.
I spot a pattern – we have gadgets that (usually) serve a purpose. Take a food blender for instance, we need one, we buy one and everybody in the household benefits. Or a ghd hair straightener (which I am not entirely sure qualifies as a gadget) even used by females with straight hair, a piece of equipment responsible for making life easier, not more fun.
Men might be from Mars and women from Venus, but I bet you Mars will have a surround sound entertainment centre while Venus will be kitted out with everything you actually need.
I was in the same “I want an i-Phone but don’t really need it” boat a year ago – until my trusty little 4 year old Nokia finally beeped it’s last beep.
I sucked up my pride after having tolf Ryan for 4 months that his phone / miracle machine “can’t be THAT great” and purchased myself the little piece of technological heaven. I can honestly say that I would feel like an incomplete person if I didn’t have my iPhone on me ALL the time. Admittedly I have become a bit of an obsessive email and Facebook checker, . At least it gives you something to do when waiting for a train / on the loo (did I just say that??) / trying to fein interest in a conversation but you’re actually playing table tennis.
Get one; your life will be enriched beyond your wildest dreams!
x Herculine
Yeah – now I know somebody with a smart phone! Obviously I need one now, your reasons are pretty convincing
that is a very dangerous generalisation that you are making…i have not had a tv for the last year and a half, nor do i need or want an iphone. you might be onto something though, our dad’s collect powertools…our generation might collect gadgets…
just for interest sake, how many pairs of shoes do you have and please count the amount of “useful” handbags and then count the number of “useless” ones…are they not a sort of a gadget?
Defintion of gadget: A small specialized mechanical or electronic device.
Last time I checked none of my handbags or shoes had anything mechanical or electronic attached to them.
The word small could be a problem though, some of the new TVs can not be classified as small.