These upgrades made our lives better.
Find a need, and fill it. I believe in that adage in business. People should have a purpose in designing a product for sell. Hopefully, that purpose will cater to man’s needs. There is a branch of science, called ergonomics, aimed at improving human interaction through product innovation. There are numerous upgrades that already made our lives better. Here are five:
eReader – iBooks, Kindle, Barnes & Noble
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As much as I will miss the smell of paper on books, I savor the benefits of eReading. My ebooks are on my tablet, accessible wherever I go. Font face and color are adjustable depending on my preference, all conductive to better reading.
Text Messaging – eMail, BBM, iMessanger
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Remember postal mail? That’s when you write a message to paper, address it to someone, go to postal office, pay the fee and they will send your message. Expected arrival is in days, depending on the location. Doesn’t ring a bell? It has stamps on it, and a mailman delivers it. Now, messaging is instant.
Online Shopping – eBay, Amazon
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Finding a product is as easy as typing it, then it’ll come knocking on your house. Delivery is free on many items at a minimum price.
Contact Lens
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I know eyeglasses could be an irritating wear. Once it fell, it could be gone. Contact Lenses mask these disadvantages of wearing glasses. Plus, people get to choose their eye color.
Bluetooth Earphones
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Wireless earphones is a tremendous relief. It’s freedom to move around, jog, work out in gym, dance Mick Jagger style all I want without the hassle of a wire.
What upgrade made your life easier?
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I don’t know how I lived without my Kindle and Amazon’s Subscribe and Save!
Yeah, books are for living! Though fill me in, not familiar with subscribe and save..
It’s an Amazon service where you sign up for periodic shipments of darned near anything you can imagine. You MUST try it 🙂
Once there was a world without ATM machines too. Imagine how tough it was to get cash in those days.
I bet they just exchange twigs to get pepper back in those days huh? Thinking of it, they actually have to line up in banks to claim their cash, or risk storing their cash at home. But now, all we need are credit cards.
I must be living in the dark ages – because I manage well without most of it. MY mobile phone since I stopped working hardly rings, only when there is need. Email comes with having a PC and I also have a netbook, something fantastic. My books collect dust – but they also give a warmness to my home – had 1400 at most. Every one read – without a KIddle. Do loads of online shopping – brilliant!! Easy to find the best deal and don’t have to shop after shop.
But do we really have to communicate all the time ???? Is it making us more happy to be available all the time.
Great post and everybody is happy in their own believes about what we need or think we need.
While working and with all the gadgets I needed I in my line of duty – felt like I had lost a bit of myself in all that – now I have gained quite a lot of it back and I feel good about it.
ATM machines today is a must – because the banks don’t want us bothering them anymore. In Sweden some bank don’t even have cash anymore. Cash free bank ???? Hate them – think about the elderly that don’t have a computer at home .. to do banking.
And I love going to the post office. *smile – Thanks for great post and have a great weekend.
Thanks, I did have an awesome weekend. I think most people will manage to live without these things IF they don’t know that they existed. I mean knowing one gadget does this, you’ll think you needed that in order to live better. Although we’ve got to admit that some technologies did made our life better – ATM and internet to name a few.
Let me express my fascination with 1400 books, wow! That’s great. I’ve only been reading this past 5 years and I think I’ve missed a lot of powerful experiences a book can give. You’re like a reading machine. I hope I read fast to catch up but I just like to take it slow so I’m more immersed.
Skype has been a HUGE gift in my life – when I lived in India for a year, it helped me be in touch with my parents who were living in Australia. Today it helps me keep up with those same parents (now in England) from North Carolina! It’s also a great way for me to stay in touch with those friends I made in India. And webcams! Seeing people who are halfway around the world. For someone who likes to stay in touch, it’s wonderful!
I get you, skype is a blessing. I use it to talk to my parents too, and to some friends I’ve made while in college. Nothing beats face-to-face, but this is the best alternative there is, isn’t it?
My Pantech Burst has by far been my best “life upgrade” can do so much more stuff on it than I was able to do than on my previous phones!
My brother has that, kinda jealous haha. My view on Android phones changed after seeing what it’s capable.