Summary
One combination that is getting a lot of advertising air time is the merging of cameras and cellular telephones. These have become extremely popular with the younger, trendy crowd who has difficulty providing a practical reason for needing them other than because everyone else has one. Here, Dees talks about convergence devices and gadget envy, an affliction that occurs when one sees someone else with the newest, best, shiniest new toy that is better than the one has or wish one had.
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Convergence Devices
Ever suffer from gadget envy? This affliction occurs when you see someone else with the newest, bestest, shiniest new toy that is better than the one that you have or wish you had. We all suffer from this at some point in our lives, but sometimes it peaks when the kid next door rides off on his new Stingray with the butterfly handlebars and leatherette banana seat.
Cops tend to suffer gadget envy with things like guns and cars, but these days it strikes with electronic devices like cellular telephones, PDAs and computers. More and more, multiple episodes of gadget envy can be assuaged by a single acquisition, as one device can perform the functions that us...See the full content of this document
