Tech Decline Week: Desktops and Wired Internet

Desktops

The all-in-one desktop computers may stick around but most desktops are going to be extinct pretty soon. More people buy and use laptops or tablets then desktops. I personally, still love my desktop at home. I don't use it very often but I still like to sit at a desk and get work done. 

Wired Internet

Be honest. When was the last time you hooked up your computer to an Ethernet cable. Now that everyone is using laptops and there is wireless in every coffee shop, very few people use wired internet. I talked to my cousin who is a few years under than me and she can't even remember ever using wired internet other than at school. That definitely surprised me. 

What do you think? Do you still use a desktop? Wired Internet?

Tech Decline Week: Landlines and Phone Numbers

Landlines

I think the only time I talk on my house phone is when I'm hanging up on solicitors. Yes, I do hang up on them. Sorry. I just don't like to pick up the phone and have people try to sell things to me. I understand we all need to make a living someway, but I just can't take it. 

In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 26% of homes used only wireless phones. This number will probably continue to grow over the next few years as more people do away with their land line and rely on their cell phones. 

Phone Numbers

How many usernames do you have? For Twitter? A blog? A credit card account? This may be surprising but phone numbers might someday be gone. Most of us just type in a name into our phone to call someone or to text them. With new services with Google, Facebook, and Skype, we may be asking for usernames someday instead of their ten digits. 

Oh, by the way. This is important! I don't know if you know this, but cell phone numbers have recently gone public. That means that solicitors can now call your cell phone. If you happen to be like me and don't want people calling you to sell you something in the middle of your day out, then call the number below and follow the directions.

1-888-382-1222

Tech Decline: Cameras and Camcorders

My first camera was a little plastic Polaroid camera that spit out the picture with pink and purple tabs on each side. I loved it. My mom hated it though because the film strips were so expensive. It's hard to imagine but cameras and camcorders are already starting to dwindle. 

Think about it. Do you have a camera phone? A smartphone? How often do you pull out your camera and take pictures on your phone instead of pulling out that trusty camera? Do you record videos with those smartphones? I know I do. Just this month I've taken four videos and 150 photos on my iPhone. I can't remember the last time that I used my camera.

Companies are already beginning to feel the consumer decline of camera and camcorders. Smartphones are always with us where as we usually only use our cameras and camcorders when there is an event or special occasion. 

DSLRs and micro four-thirds cameras will stay with us, but in a few years, perhaps even a decade, most of us won't own our own camera anymore.