Upon a Time
Once upon a time, we didn't enjoy all the technological gadgets that we do today. The idea and concept of the Apple iPod was simply outrageous. No one could have imagine a video game system as powerful as the Xbox 360. Could anyone have envisioned a big video camera transforming into a small hand held digital camcorder? It's simply unreal to think of all the advances and inventions that have been developed in the past 20 years. Now, you can do into any store or Refurbished Electronics dealer and find a whole range of amazing electronic items.
If you own an iPod or a Sony PSP, can you imagine not having these luxuries - and that's what they are - at your disposal and at your beck and call? Earlier and previous generations didn't have the option or ability to literally take every song they've ever heard with them wherever they go as we do now with the Apple iPod Nano. They could only listen to songs on cassette tapes, vinyl records, or heaven forbid, the old classic 8-track player. And as for taking songs with them, that was out of the question. Even though we can bring our music with us wherever we go by using the Apple iPod Nano, one has to remember that portable music players, like the original Walkman, weren't introduced to the public until 1980, which isn't even 30 years ago.
Try to think about what past generations did for fun and entertainment when they were young. Back then, they probably went to the movies a lot, even though today you can watch movies on an Xbox 360 right from home. They may have just goofed off, which we can all do today and share with the whole world by using a digital camcorder. And why sit at home listening to music when you can enjoy your tunes on the go with an Apple iPod Nano? No matter what people did for fun and entertainment in the past, we can now do it bigger, better, louder and faster with a whole array of electronics at our disposal.
Published May 11th, 2007
Filed in Communication, Entertainment, Music, Society, Technology