Gadgets and Guys

Recently I happened to read a fun article in some magazine advising single women, on which type of men they should avoid marrying; much to my amusement, one of the categories was the guys who are obsessed with gadgets ;)

For justice sake we need to write an article on all those goofy article authors who have no other job than writing articles on such dangerous topics. I have temporarily made a decision to deny and refute all the so called 'proven-statistically' articles. Need of the hour is articles that could make life simpler and more realistic.

So our friend bought an Apple i-phone - and we appreciate this bold move promoting positive consumer outlook during the doomed world economic situation, especially as he had reluctantly cancelled his genuine requirement of a laptop couple days back due to mixed signals from stock markets...so let’s categorize this as obsessive impulsive purchasing (OIP) TM, another psychological term impending to be coined.

When asked about the above comparison chart, in particular item 2, which is a standard feature people reasonably would not mind when paying for a gadget worth a decent laptop, the i-phone enthusiast responded emotionally by pointing fingers at recent alarming rate of mobile phone scandals...

well well well....thats a valid cause...not bad, but still an i-phone is a sought after gadget...cool user interface, easy to read screen, and touch screen at its best...Last day the waiter in Rolla Sharavana Bhavan restaurant was staring at me curiously while I was practicing firing a flame torch in this i-phone by blowing air on the touch screen. Little does the waiter know about the fun of creating virtual fire ;)

That evening turned bit dramatic once our i-phone owner stated that his class mate is now the general manager of a renown developer in India. And knowing that Company’s global presence and having watched one of the funniest movies "to harihar nagar" just before that dinner, none of us would agree with the statement, so the whole evening was dedicated to him for we started relating everything to "appukuttan" (the funny character portrayed by Jagdish in the movie). Appukuttan soon turned Thomaskutty and assumed a cold war for next 24 hours - we made up after two days during another dinner and that was when we had to deal with yet another gadget wielding friend of ours - Amal - he got an i-mate PDA - and since his wife is back in Kerala, he is 24/7 busy with a stylus pen scratching zigzags in that gadget.

There is a new genre of strain injury viz, "blackberry thumb" caused by the frequent use of the thumb(s) to press buttons on PDAs, smart phones, or other mobile devices, this condition is known as de Quervian tenosynovitis, said the authentic looking Doctor, in another thumb numbing internet article ( Disclaimer : I take no responsibility for wrong diagnosis of any thumb disease the reader might be having). The cure is relatively simple, stop texting in the device & take a break. Forward me the consultation fees, I accept PayPal, cash...you name it :)

Now having said so much about gadgets, my little nephew dismantled his favorite car and was buzzing around in the living room with the front wheels yesterday evening - and when I stopped him as police, and asked what the matter was - he testified it was his vacuum cleaner... did someone say kids have no idea about gadgets? He could login to the computer at age of 2, type his name as password, play games, change options in games, watch movies.......and furthermore, he could locate and open the desired applications in a symbian phone in a matter of seconds - (that reminds me of how I painstakingly created my yahoo email account during college days with the aid of our then internet savvy friend Abhilash Vijayan. Internet was apparently at its infancy in kerala households those days).

Poor little nephew...

ignorance is a bliss !

as per our article he is going to have a tough time dating & matchmaking!!!