My Personal technology

All the date that I obtained from personal technology chart pointed to one thing.

The personal technology that I use the most would be hands down, my smart phone.                                                          It goes above and beyond all my basic needs.  It can do almost everything that a computer can do, and even things that a computer can’t do, for example, I can download movies or music and instantly share them wirelessly on my TV using all share.  I also find my Samsung galaxy S2 really good for photography because I can take my card out of my camera and put it into my phone and from there I can load it onto Facebook  instagram, or pintrest wherever I am.

If I didn't have my phone, it wouldn't make that big of an impact on me because I went most of my life not having it and didn't realize that I was missing anything. It is just a luxury not so much an essential. If I did loose it, I would definitely use the computer a lot more to check my email, Facebook, etc.

I mentioned some of the positives of having a smart phone, but I also want to bring up some of the negatives.  The first one that comes to mind is that people become consumed with their phones.  No matter where they go, or what they do, they’re with a few hundred of their friends.  I personally know people who are so consumed with Facebook that they have to check it every few minutes to see if anyone commented on their latest status update.  If they aren't doing that, they are messaging their friends about everything that happens and they can never let go of that connection.   It actually stops them from interacting with their environment.  

Is that healthy?  Isn't it important to have private time to think your own thoughts?

Society does try to push people to buy these phones and tells everyone that they can’t live without it.

They tell you that the current phone you have is the old version and you need to get the new one or else you won’t be able to survive. But the fact of the matter is that the current phone that you have is probably still just as good as when you first bought it, though it may have a few more scratches on it, but it still does the same thing in the inside and has not gotten any slower because the new one that just came out is faster.  My conclusion is that if a new version of my phone came out, I wouldn't get it because it really has just a few minor software changes made and looks a bit different.  Of course if something tragic happened to mine, I would definitely get the upgrade.