Smaller than ever.

I know what you mean. Kind of makes us wonder how we grew up with out all of these things. . Having a phone on you is a good thing though, there were times when I was younger when I certainly could have used a phone. But they have taken the phones to all new levels, not is not just a matter of convenience it is a whole lot more than that.

I know it, technology has really changed from when I was a little girl, we didn't have anything like we do now. We actually had to look things up in a book if we wanted to know something, or write actual letters to our friends and families. Things change overnight it seems, like my cellphone may be the latest thing today but tomorrow it will be something completely different and more complicated to use.

I remember when we didn't have all this stuff. Life moved a lot slower, there was time to look at cloud shapes and play outside. The phone was for emergencies and quick chats to make plans but most people just walked to their friends' houses.

I wear glasses all the time, Sue & i know exactly what u are saying. They just keep coming out w/things trying to outdo the other & to get people to spend their money. All the young people want everything they see & everything that comes out & most of them get it which is not a good thing in my opinion. My 5 year old grandson got into a notion he needed a cell phone here while back. Omgosh, i thought that was ridiculous & thank goodness his parents didn't get him one. I'll just stick to my old ways of using things till they wear out & then don't know what i'll do, without i guess, lol.

I remember when no one had cell phones at all but there were pay phones on just about every corner. Our parents would always caution us to keep enough money for a phone call when we went out on a date in case something went wrong. Back then we wore penny loafers which were shoes that had a space to put a small coin in each shoe. We would put dimes in them because that was how much a phone call cost then.

Yes Suzzy all the technology that use to occupy half a room at one point is now a matchbox entity and can perform twice as many functions and three times the speed .I guess it just awesome for us "legacy " people who have seen teh transition occur before our eyes .I just think though that it would be a good thing for younger ones like your son to see where we are coming from so that it will help him develop an appreciation for what he now has.Great discussion Suze

Too true! Everything has gotten so much smaller and more manageable. I have a cabinet model record player/radio that I'm trying to sell on Craigslist. Now I have the same kind of thing that holds more music, with a radio, that I can just carry in my purse lol. I remember when we'd read the comix like D*ick Tracy and he had a tv watch. Nobody could ever imagine that that kind of technology would actually be available within 20 to 30 more years! Now they have cameras so tiny they can put them in a pen, or a nanny cam. The cameras used to be huge, and recording the family wedding used to be so big you'd have to put the device on a tri-pod just to hold it hahaha. Now my s-i-l has the same kind of recording possibilities on a tiny hand held cam that is a perfect picture. Amazing how far technology has come in so few short years! (Sorry for the * in the name above, the filter thinks it's a bad word hahaha. Didn't seem like anybody would know who I meant by "Richard Tracy' though lol)

Most certainly these little things have made our lives much more luxurious, easy and complicated at the same time. These little things take a little space around us but they have already occupied much more than needed, in our minds and life. We tend to rely on these things a little far too much. There was a time when we were kids and never knew the use of these instruments, time when we never used phones or may be never had any either, but still it was never difficult keeping in touch, or the time when we had no navigation or gps systems in our cars, but still it wasn't that difficult finding the right way. Time when people interacted with real people and we had real games. But now as technology has grown we end up interacting with those user uploaded photos on the social networking sites and feel connected. we carry all our music in one tiny space and just enjoy the thump, but there was a time when we had big instruments and lot more people enjoying. I seriously do believe that, yes we can carry on living without these little technological devices, but the need of the hour is to be fast and need of the hour is multitasking. These technologies will get smaller and snmaller and much more integrated in our lives, still its up to us, how and when we use them.

hi suzzy yes its really fantastic as we have made minaturized stuff that used to be so cumbersome. but I am not really into a lot 'of that stuff so just stick to my trusty p computer and my new monitor and let others have the tiny little gadjets to their hearts contents. I am glad for them.

Hi suzzy3, You are so right about these new small little boxes, before these young people will all have to be wearing glasses as everything so so small, I still have my music centre in my living room with vinyl records there but I also have my laptop so there is new and old in my living room. Tamara

Things keep on getting smaller... But the downside of this is everything get's more delicate... maybe one day they'll create titanium micro chips...

I completely agree. Our society has become way too dependent on technology. I long for the days when my sister and I use to play outside every day creating our own fun in our imaginations. I see the positive advantages to new technology, but I also think we have lost a whole lot on the way. I remember thinking rotary dial phones were cool, now they are considered vintage :)

I guess tih is called evolution. I mean, nowadays humans can't live without accessing email from the cellphone anywhere, on the college, on the bus or on the streets. This is what society itself imposes to us. In my opinion, People were happier when technology wasn't so advanced. I mean some things really made life easier, like the Microwave oven or the washing machine, but there are some things that kind of imprison people! I guess I would have a happier life if I was born like 200 years ago.

These tiny things are super powers. Phones, music players, etc' have shrunk but do what they are made to do faster. Sadly, so does our patience.

Isn't it amazing how everything has shrunk? I remember when cell phines first come out and they pretty much took up the entire console of the car..lol. It is truely amazing how far technology has come.