Kids now take all this amazing technology for granted and complain when the streaming video from the Chilean miner's webcam breaks up a little. I was watching it in bed on my phone, for goodness sake. How amazing was that ? That it was only 2am and I was already in bed !
I still remember Marconi when he placed the first ever pizza order by morse code and signal flags so all this is almost sci-fi to me. I remember Compuserve and dial-up internet when if a web site contained a photograph, you could go fix a cup of tea and still return to see the image building up like some sort of witchcraft.
I'm in the market for a new tv here and the options are bewildering : plasma, LCD, LED or LED and LCD ? What about 3D ? Internet enabled ? How many HDMI and USB ports ? 60mhz, 120mhz or 240mhz ?
You can now watch tv on a monster sized screen that would've put my local cinema to shame back in the day.
And few electronic items do just one thing these days. A phone that is just a phone ? No such device. When I go out for my daily walk, I use mine to listen to music but I could type live to friends around the world via a chat application, speak for free to those same friends via Skype, send my route to anyone who cared to see it via Glympse, watch a YouTube video or simply play a game. Oh and I could actually send/receive a phone call of course. And all this on a unit the size of a playing card. Amazing.
Being a bit of a geek, I've managed to stay in touch with the latest electronic developments but right now I'm on the edge. A few unknowns are creeping in and the occasional news article goes over my head. Soon most of them will and I'll be reduced to shaking my head when I step into a Best Buy or even a Walmart (ok so I shake my head EVERY time I go into a Walmart but that's got nothing to do with visiting the electronics section) and with no children or grandchildren to help me out, I'll be like a currently tech challenged senior, sitting at home with his wind up gramaphone and wondering where to get his collection of 78's re-grooved. Scary.
At least I'll be able to watch Bonanza reruns on my 60" LCD-LED 3D 240mhz wall mounted wifi enabled HDTV.
I just need to remember when they're on ! I'm sure there will be a phone app for that.
3 comments:
An Internet capable tv would be good. Then you could stream Netflix.
One of my favourite apps (ooh yes, I know these words) on my HTC Desire is Teeter, where you roll a little ball round some obstacles to avoid it going down holes.
I used to play this game in the mid-sixties when it was made of plastic. This is the kind of progress I can handle.
Hahaha! No kidding - and you forgot to add 'take a photo or some video' to your phone's list of talents.
I can remember our first video camera, great clumping thing that it was - and it didn't work half so well (or keep its charge as long) as my little phone, which isn't even an iPhone! LOL!
Post a Comment