Probably one of the iPhone’s greatest achievements is that people can easily browse the internet through safari. Not only that the 3g network allows the iPhone to be connected at all times and at all places. iPhone user’s today can check their email, the stock market, get into a chat conversation with people who aren’t even in the same country as they are. What has this brought to the world? It has completely broken down the notions of time and space. Inside the internet, with its marvellous capabilities people can be connected no matter how far they are and get their message across instantly in the matter of seconds. This new technology has for sure helped a lot of people however it is starting to create several new problems as well. Just as Postman used to say technology is neither good or bad, it just simply changes the way we live. Some problems being brought up by these new gadgets such as the iPhone, is that people today are more connected to their technology devices in order to engage in conversation then actually through real world, face to face. Therefore the iPhone is with no doubt a marvelous equipment for people to get connected but I believe people have to be aware of how much time and when are they pulling their iPhone’s out to get connected. If someone uses the iPhone productively it is a great gadget, as it‘s useful and also very practical. However the iPhone can also have its bad side if not used wisely some. People are bound to loose concentration in things they should be concentrated in and also lose interaction within the real world. Off course these are just a few of the pros and cons of having such an easily navigatable internet on a mobile device but I believe in the end what it comes down to is us, and how we decide to use this technology in our advantage.
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I agree how we decide to use technology comes down to our decision and our advantage, however, the problem is a lot of us use it in a negative way. Rather, than using the technology for what it was originally intended to do.. communicate! We use it for external entertainment purposes that just cause our lives more complications. For example, the phone was originally invented to communicate with people that were distanced miles and miles away, it was not used to call someone down the street. I agree that technology has been inevitably helpful, probably more helpful than harmful. But the ways that it has produced negative attributes have indefinetely changed our worlds and our lives forever. I guess we will always have to keep in mind Postman's quote. " Technology is neither good nor bad it just simply changes the way we live"
I think this issue also speaks to relitive notions of time and space with respects to its converge as faciliated by technology.
What I mean is, we've dicussed in 112 how a society is grounded in certain limitations based on time and spacial distances when attempting to communicate or expand.
But items like iPhones now render these issues void, or at least they have the ability to do so.
I feel that what's at issue here relates to how people activly choose to use this technology, which it turn shapes how it develops. Therefore, perhaps what merits a closer examination is HOW people are primarily uses their iPhones and what implications this has for the future of communications.
But that's just my opinion...
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