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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5722773" data-attributes="member: 8835">I disagree on the aging trend impacting the iThing trend.It's certainly true that technology was trending to smaller and smaller.And that old people have crappy eyesight.But things aren't going to where screens are getting tinier.According to legend, the worlds smallest cellphone came out right when the iPhone came out.  It was basically just a cell phone.  You probably never heard of it, because smaller for smaller sake was deemed useless by the populace when they saw the iPhone.Parts are going to get smaller.  But certain form factors are going to be preferred.  Which means more smaller parts can be packed into the same form factor.The result is, all smartphone screens are approximately the same size.  Nobody is going to make a smartphone with a 1" screen.  Instead, more pixels will be packed into the standard screen sizes, and more battery and hardware behind that to give you more horsepower.The cellphone (smart or dumb), at this point, will stick to the sizes that fit nicely in your hand.  What they do in that space will improve their capabilities.Note, in Apple's iPad2, the screen is the same size.  But it is a thinner device over all.  less bulky.  At this point, there's little reason to go thinner still, so as parts get smaller, the iPad3 will probably have the same form factor, but pack in more goodies into that space.What this means for old people:if you can't read an iPhone screen, you're still screwed.If you can read an iPhone screen, don't worry, they will not be getting smaller.This is the same reason the television in houses has a bigger screen than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago.   We want to see.  And as the technology gets smaller, it enables BIGGER screens in a practical fashion.  Nobody wants a 1" TV set in their house because Sony makes one with tinier CRTs.As the population ages, so does their technology acceptance curve.  My mom had no clue about computers.  Today's grandparents are online and sending emails.  And many of them have iPhones, etc.basically, in the 80's people who thought computers were mumbo jumbo were 50+ years old.  Today, 50+ year olds were working with computers in the office in the 80's.  Whereas the 50 year olds then were seeing it come in as a change.I have no doubt that some technology will exist when I am 50 that I will think is totally stupid about how everybody's ga-ga over it.  But I will be totally comfortable with the technology akin to what exists right now.as a result, you're 40 now.  You kinda don't like smart phones.  In 10 years, you will be more accustomed to them.  You might grumble about how you didn't need all this crap when you were a kid.But in turn, your kid, when he turns 50, will not see the same problem with smartphones that you have.  because to him, this stuff has existed his whole life.</blockquote>

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