Response on articles

I found the articles that I read on the iphone, very interesting. The commercial was very true. In a matter of seconds you can locate you point of interest. The iPhone has made life much easier in some ways.

I'm not understanding one thing from the article, "After China ships out iPhones, smugglers make it a return trip." If the people in China are the ones creating them, why can't they just keep one for themselves before shipping them out, rather then going through all the trouble of smuggling them back to China? I guess it is because they are not aloud. HA. But seriously, I know they can not because it violates a purchase agreement. It is just amusing to me that the people who are manufacturing the iPhone have to actually smuggle them to have one for themselves.

The Geekpedia article by Clayton Christensin, changed my way of thinking about new technology. It never really occurred to me that these new and cool products that are created, are actually just transformations of other products. At first, I thought all products were revolutionary. But apparently I see that I am wrong. All products come from other products, basically.

The article, "The Untold Story: How the iPhone blew up the wireless Industry" by Fred Vogelstein was a very interesting article. I never realized how much work and effort goes into making a new product. It takes many years of hard and perfection to create something so technologically advanced. I have to say I honestly laughed out loud when I read the part that the women was so frustrated and slammed her door so hard that she locked herself inside her office. HAHA, she must have been pretty upset!

I think the people described in the article, "The Cell Refuseniks, an Ever-Shrinking Club" are crazy for not having cell phones. Our world is EVOLVING into one such that it is not possible to be without a cell phone. It has become expected that everyone has a cell phone and should be able to be reached at any time of the day. Even though I find this a little scary, it is the way we have all make this world to be. Although sometimes I wish I could just throw my phone into the ocean and never see it again, I can not imagine living without it. My cell phone is with me every second of every day. It is never in my pocketbook, I might miss a call or a text message. It is sickening but I am attached. These people who do not have cell phones, really need to catch up to the rest of the world!!!

I have not yet read the one by David Carr on Twitter. I will do that tomorrow. Right now I am a little Winston and "media-ed" out. Plus, my friend is on her way so that we can have a much needed girls night, to go see Valentines Day and eat Red Mango!

Ta-Ta, Alissa