I wandered out this morning with two goals in mind.
Numero Uno: To get rid of the persistent mop of hair firmly swarming on my cranium;
Numero Duo: To buy an iPod and leave the somewhat glofied group of people that did not own a digtial music device ( from what I have been told that group is down to single figures....)
All jokes aside - as I wandered through the department store with a plethora of entertainment devices - including the now defunct photo iPod, personal DVD players (am i the only own who likes to watch movies on large tv screens) digital cameras the size of hearing aids, and portable picture viewers (yes...i am also bemused...) - I wondered the future of the prized entertainment possesion. Over the past few years we have been bombarded with all matter of goodies - how will this evolve considering the short history of their existence. We have seen the laptop become smaller, more functional and less expensive over the past 5 years. Can this trend to be mirrored into personal entertainment? How long before all of these devices are merged into a format that is universally recognised (remember the halcyon days of the address book on early pc's being quite seperate to email) I suppose this is already happening with the mobile phone.... soon we will classify a phone to be 'basic' when it only has a camera, with an mp3 player and it only has a colour screen.
Of course this is all driven by the urge to be entertained wherever you are, whenever you want, by whatever you want? Are we really that ADD that a simple book can't keep us occupied on a train - or is it the natural progression for our species...our entertainment marks who we are...
