I suppose saying that all I expect my phone to do is to make calls and make them well IS terribly inflammatory, so much so that it requires someone to jump up and become advocate for technology and combined functionality.

The idea that I hate the idea of progress and technological evolution because I don’t want a smart phone is simply an irresponsible use of rhetorical extremisms, of which I am guilty as well.

I like things getting smaller, lighter, more accessible and more powerful. But I personally also value siplicity in design and simple functionality. If I want to take pictures I cary a camera, because a dedicated camera take better pictures than phones and do so with less more efficiently which is great when I'm out in the woods. For playing music I have a perfectly servicable ipod nano, and gasp even a touch which for the most part is an iphone without the constant ability to connect to the internet or make calls.

In general though the owners and sellers of new phones, smart ones, love to go on about multifunctional abilities of said phone. If you have never met anyone in your life who loves to talk about their new phone I would be surprised. Being proud of some new gadget one owns is fine, but telling me its better because while my phone has a phonebook, makes calls and has a 2mp camera is nice and all, this newer phone can help me track my calorie intake, connect me to facebook, play games, be a flashlight, be a gps, recognize songs, and oh yes take pictures, store phone numbers, and make calls, actually makes me give less of a shit about the technology. It’s a powerful tool, but to what end? I love multitasking items over uni-taskers. But when I need a gps I want my garmin, when I want a flashlight I’ll grab my reliable surefire, when I want to make a call, my $10 phone does that just as well if not better than most smart phone, since I think they provide more room for the antenna in non-smart phones.

The fact that you had to jump in and defend the 4g iphone the way you did only serves to make we wonder what generation iphone you have. And now I feel like I’ve put way more energy into this whole thing than was warranted, I feel like I care too much now damn you.