We grow up so fast
How we adopt to new devices
Imagine it is January 2007. We still had no clue what an iPhone would look like or even that only a few months later we will all stand in line in front of a store and wait for hours to enter so we can buy an expansive toy. Mobile internet was something ugly and not developed and responsive webdesign was not even a thing. Well; (almost) nobody had even the idea that we would all need such a device so we could read the latest news while sitting in a bus or playing Angry Birds in the waiting room. And guess what - now it is mainstream to have a touch-phone with an application store connected to it. After the iPhone all big companies started to copy this idea and entered this new field of the market. Same thing happened with the iPad. Remember how most of the journalists criticized the company for the price and the type of “device which no one really needs”. And now the iPad is a perfect device for so many different groups of users; from toddlers to grandparents - everybody finds a way of using it and now it is not even odd to have a tablet and to use it in the train or on the couch.
Now we are again on the edge of a new era of devices. Blogs and techexperts are speculating on the iWatch and what the next big thing will look like.
For the past few months I had the chance to use/wear an Up, Jawbone’s latest fitness band. When I opened the box and decided which wrist I want the Up to sit on there was this strange feeling about what this is going to be like to wear actually a device on your body which is going to help you stay fit and track your sleep. The first couple of days I was constantly taking it on and off my wrist; I even lost it once, but after a week or so it became just a regular part of my daily cothing.
I’m not suggesting that it’s so cool and needed to have technology all over your body, but there are certain areas of our daily life which are jet to be explored by technology and how we can benefit from it.
Personally, the coolest feature of the Up is (besides the alarm-function) that just by being visible for me and sitting on my wrist I start to think more about myself, how I have to reach my daily goal and that I should take a walk back home, instead of taking a tube. We adopt so fast to little devices which can change at least a small area of our life.
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