Who can help but want one of those fancy cell phones that will allow you to text, surf the internet, make phone calls and who knows what else. Technology has come a long way in just the past 40 or 50 years. Massive leaps in storing, transmitting and receiving information have left many out in the blue as to why there are so many people walking around with their heads turned down, completely absorbed into some form of technology.
The technological leaps are no doubt a relief and add some sense of ease to everyday use, but it is sadly massively abused. People are always texting or using their phones. You cannot escape seeing it. This is the scary part of the technology - the way it has taken some people by the reigns. I, for one, enjoy not having a cell phone but, of course, one is needed for work and the like. I like to know that people cannot reach me wherever I am as it adds a certain sense of solidarity and peace to life which is only interrupted or severely mutated when technology is around.
It is of course unavoidable to own and use technology in today’s information age. Technology is a fantastic tool as far as accessing and sending information. It should not be feared and it should be used. In certain aspects, technology is being ruined and limited by competition in the free market. Take, for instance, what it takes to get an unlocked phone in North America. I recently purchased the BlackBerry Tour, refurbished. This phone allows you to use a foreign carrier’s SIM card if you are overseas. Usually the SIM card readers are locked, allowing you to only use the SIM card of the main service provider of the phone. To get these phones unlocked is nearly impossible and maybe even against the law. Whatever happened to just buying a phone and being able to use whatever service you prefer, or which is better for your area? Being a world traveler, the BlackBerry Tour should come in handy. Otherwise I would have to buy a different cell phone in whatever country I am, with SIM cards for that area. Either that, or pay ridiculous roaming charges, which simply does not add up. The technology is improving but there are still some aspects of the free market, competition, profit and share cropping that is ruining the potential for human communication.
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