I read through henry jenkins article on welcome to convergence culture. He had my sympathy as I went through a similar experience when I was in Singapore for my semester break. But I wondered if I belong to the same old-fashioned category as him. Reckon I dread the swift changes in IT and communications.
Anyway, I was mocked at by the sales assistant when I asked for a certain nokia model and was told that that model is obsolete. The sales assistant went into details like no one wants a mobile phone without functions like: camera, video recorder, mp3 player, fm radio blar blar blar. I was so embrassed. I wished the floor would open up and swallow me. I just wanted a mobile phone to make calls and text messages.
I have a digital camera. Why would I need one in the mobile phone. Isn’t it mp3 players are in trend currently. ipods are dominating the market. Why would I need a mp3 player in the mobile phone. I can’t understand.
I thought of the question my friend asked me a couple of months ago. “Why do people want to buy a 20GB mp3 player? Can they really listen to all the songs?” Well, I replied that it might be for storage (USB function). She shook her head and said “It’s nice to have a 20GB mp3 player, it’s nice to show off.”
