"Smart" Phone

I never thought I would see the day where technology out smarted me. I can't remember a time where I couldn't get anything accomplished on a computer, Ipod, cell phone, PDA, or any other technology before me. Everyone who knew me, knew I was the one who could get their device working again. Am I becoming technologically-dumb or is technology becoming smarter than the average human? Wait...I am not average. I am a Master's student with a college degree who graduated with honors. I was reading and writing before Kindergarten and finishing novels in 2nd grade. I was doing pre-calculus in middle school. How is it possible my cell phone has suddenly become smarter than me? After an hour of trying to reconfigure my replacement phone, I broke down and drove to the store so the professionals could fix it. The phone won this time.

Could it be posisble that technology is becoming smarter than mankind? If you would have asked me 10 years ago if I received your email while driving home, could look up the nearest gas station while out and about, or received my facebook friend request while sitting in class I would have looked at you like you were from another world. I can remember when my mom's cell phone was as big as her forearm and the display was just large enough to show you the numbers you were dialing. It rang, she answered, she hung up. That was it. Today, my cell phone can do more things than I could if sitting at a computer. It can even remind me when my next doctor's appointment is and to wake up in the morning. I can also remember my mom sitting at the desktop for HOURS waiting for the dial up internet to receive a connection. If it was peak time, there was no way she was getting on. I can still hear the noise the computer made when finally establishing a ring. In 2010, I just pop open my computer that sits on my lap and the internet is ready and waiting for me...and I can move from room to room and still have the same connection speed. While checking my email, my phone is updating the messeges I have already read. I rarely hear my phone ring, if some one needs me, I usually get their messege in words instantly. If you were sitting back in 1991, would this all sound bizarre?

I can't imagine what technology is going to do next. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could actually travel through our televisions. If we could smell the food they are preparing on the food network or feel the cold air and snowflakes falling while watching the ball drop in NYC? Now, that would scare me.