Remember when phones were for ringing up your mates?
And they were attached to the wall in your home, and your mum would be shouting at you about who was paying the bill?
Then you first saw someone with a mobile.
Then your mates had one.
Then suddenly you had one – and it cost you a fortune, but suddenly that phone at home was cheap as chips.
Within no time you were writing to your friends on your phone. Bizarre that one, didn’t we get a phone to save having to write?
Then suddenly you could email and get online on your phone and you were truly connected. 24/7 if you wanted. It took photos, stored your music, was your calendar, in fact, it had become a vital component of your life. Smart!
There were just two (well, that wasn’t truly the case, but it seemed that way). A Blackberry if you were a businessman, or an i-phone if you were cool and thought yourself creative.
But life’s not so simple anymore is it?
I’m about to change my phone and I don’t know where to start – I’ve just found a good mobile phone reviews site by Recombu with the ideal article – a review on Apple, Razr, Nokia and Samsung’s smart phones. It seems to give a good range of advice – but of course the choice is still down to me.
I read that the wily Japanese are suddenly going crazy over phones that just phone. Though I may sometimes yearn for a more simple life, I’m not sure I’d like to go back there.