Can You Live Without It?
First it was the tin can and string. How about the crank up phone? Remember rotary dial? Push button replaced was next on the scene. Cordless phones crept in allowing greater mobility. Did technology stop there? No. We asked for a car phone and we got one. Then the greatest discovery of them all – the cell phone. What an ingenious way to bring even the most brilliant man to an obsessive need.
Nary a person in today’s society is without this little gadget. How many of you have gone off on an errand or work and realized your grown-up “binky” has been left behind? Panic sets in when you can’t find your cell phone. All of you who have gone back at least once to get it, raise your hand. Be honest.
Go into any mall and you will find hordes of kiosks selling these indispensible items. Look around, cell phones are everywhere, whether clipped to a pocket, belt, or “glued” to an ear. There’s flip phones, pay as you go phones, even cell phones that double as a walkie-talkies. Who knows, fashion designers one day might create cell phone earrings or watches.
Cell phones are hardly a new discovery these days, but they are becoming a fashionable commodity. Purses now have special compartments, jackets have little pockets, even book bags and cars have designated storage areas. Moving on to accessories for the cell phone, you have protective sleeves in an array of colors and fabrics to appeal to even the youngest of users. We use cell phones now as portable “secretaries” for everything from appointment reminders to finding out the latest fashion headlines. Applications for this and applications for that.
Now, if I could just get an app for my cell phone that cooks, cleans, and does my dishes!