Right now I am really really itching to get a smartphone.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see in a few years, everyone with a smartphone.  Once, people lived without cell phones, today most of us can’t imagine living without one.  Once, we lived without internet too, now we can’t either.  Combining the two together, it won’t be long before everyone relies on this pieced together technology called the smartphone.

A lot of people I know are already glued to their laptops/computers/desktops but it isn’t really THAT they are addicted to, it’s the internet.  People check their email constantly during the day.  Refresh refresh.  People are obsessed with facebook, twitter, and other social networks of the sort.  Refresh refresh.  We must know what is going on with everyone and everything immediately.  Technology makes us impatient.  We must also notify everyone what we are doing and what we are thinking about anything and anyone at any given moment.

The next phone I get will be a smartphone, no doubt about it.  I’m willing to pay for that type of access.  My eagerness stems from the fact that my coworker just purchased an iphone and she already had a smartphone and is thinking of selling it.  I need to find out how much it costs to upgrade.  The other alternative is to wait until my contract ends which is not until june or august which right now, seems like a long time away.

Another device to be tied down to – our lives our wired – we’ll have access to “the world”, to our friends, to our families, and even to work.  Soon enough we won’t be able to let go, we’re already really close to that point.