ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH...

Cellphones do everything, just nothing useful

By John Robson ,Parliamentary Bureau

 

First posted: Sunday, June 22, 2014 11:18 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, June 22, 2014 11:24 PM EDT

Can I complain about technology here? Not my usual curmudgeonly bit about how machinery can’t save our souls, social media are stupid and electric light killed the night sky. I mean why are we surrounded by so much fancy stuff doing so little?
For instance, I’d sooner leave home without my wallet than my “cellphone” with 32 gigs of memory, lightning-fast processor and not just Plants vs. Zombies and Minesweeper but e-mail, Internet searches, my research files in the cloud and a terrific mapping app. Oh, and a 41 megapixel camera.
My Windows phone might attract ridicule from tattooed nonconformists all clutching a handful of trendy brands. But if I must have technology, give me this. And some apps from all those squaresville companies still thinking the Apple Store’s cutting edge. But I digress… slightly.