My first cell phone was a Nokia. A
small simple phone which had grey crystal letters which was visible
in a green lit background, but nothing visible in bright sun light.
I had difficulty in using it as many a time I had a call while I was
on mky two wheeler on the road. I used to stop on the side of the
road and find it difficult to see the screen. On moving to the shade
of a tree, there were the last trees standing then, I could make out
the call and answer the caller. A long time use of it made it old,
and need arose to get a new one.
The new one a Samsung at that, had the
added advanbtage of a two speaker radio which couyld be conveniently
used in my car while going out in the morniong and returning in the
evening. The old little Nokia was conveniently handed over to home
use. This new cell phone, the Samsung went on giving good service
untile the back button started to falter and there was need for
another replacement. This again was another Samsung called a RX 360
with screen and icons with other Jawa facilities on it. I still was
not good into using an Android yet. Of course a Computer in the
office, and a home computer was by now in vogue and there were used
for official and personal uses according to whereever I used to be.
Thgere was not much to do on the pc except checking personal mails
and at times seeing the face book. Or Orkut by Google.
A television was another screen which
we used to relax at home and get some of the news at times useful,
and at times only for entertainment, like a movie or an art programme
given by the TV Channels. A strong me, who was against any kind of
automation or radiation waves from the very beginning, was slowly
sucked into using them out of utmost every day necessity. As enybody
knows, one had to run when everybody else was running. The old house
phone which was being used to make calls and convey informations
started becoming obsolete as one would be late to send a piece of
information if one did not have a cell phone and when at last at
times one reached home to see an out of order ordinary phone.
Nowe one has to go to the Department to
get it repaired and that was not normally done at night. At times it
took more than a day and this was the last push to use a cell phone
on the first instance. Now some information if required could be
passed on the internet mail too which made the use of
an internet computer a necessity. More
over the use of the internet computer was slowly making its was to
offices and those who could not cope with it was being considered
slightly inferior, if not they were middle level or senior level
officers and upwards. Those who kn ew where their bread is buttered
had to go for the new trick on the block, the ability to use the
internet computer. Or at the minium the use of a computer.
The use of a lap top computer was
slowly coming up as travel always needed the internet faciliity for
which the Desktop PC could not be carried. Use of a lap top made its
up keep a necessity. Cleaning it up and keeping it recharged etc.
This also went for all other earlier equipments.
The use of a tablet which will squeeze
the use of the lap top into a much simpler activity was some thing
which seemed to be a better option. Once it was at hand, the lack of
space in it and lack of some of the programmes on them became a
bottle neck, especially the inconvenience while using it as a cell
phone. One had to keep a large slate to the ear or if this was put
on sound, the privacy of the conversation will be lost. And that was
the time when the majestic Android walked in with its cell phone
capability coupled with its other facilities like, camera, radio,
torch light, email, sms, phone banking etc. I don't know, what all else..!
The old typewriter which was the great
grant father and its successors the electric typewriter and the
electronic typewriter all with drew with the rise of the other
earlier equipments which is on at the time moment. But the users are
at a loss to check mate of the time lost on all these equipments and
seriously thinking how to reduce the time spent on most of these plus
the TV Channels.
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