Walking down the streets of lagos about 2years ago you would have seen a variable cornicopia of different phones. Nokias on hip pouches of trendy business men, pink samsungs being brandished with wreckless abandon by many young women and lest we forget the pda's which were used to wow us, sporting their microsoft compatable software and funky touch screen skills. I my self was a very proud owner of an I-mate "Jamin", looking for any opportunity to whip it out in public and tap away with my "mad" stylus skills...
But that was 2 years ago, the rate at which technology changes and improves is astonishing, if only we actually take stock of it, switching entire operating systems every year curtesy of Mr Microsoft or how it seems like a life time ago we used2 actually take "film" to the printers and get our pictures in our hands after a couple hours but like I said....that was years ago.
These day a new device has jumped up and bitten us in the "must have" section of our minds... The blackberry has come and it wants to take over the world. There was a time when only the biggest corporations had computers, then there was a time that only the flashest business men had cellular phones and (don't worry I wount go back to when only the strongest had spears and stayed in the "good" caves) now it seems that one day people were hearing about blackberry's on tv then the next thing you no, every1 and their brother had one. Sending instant messages every five seconds, taking pictures like cameras were a new invention and taking facebook addiction to a whole new level, these are jus some of the perks of the being a part of the "blackberry generation" but wow, does the list go on.
As Nigerians we have never been one to slack when it comes to trends, we where there doing the running man at Hammer time and we'll surely be there to surf the information highway while driving or doing our nails like the rest of the world. Blackberry's were made to aid the busy, fast paced world of the businessman or woman, with spread sheets, email, word documents and let's face it... All the goodies of a laptop or a communicator in the comfort of your shirt pocket. But ok... here's what I think happened, there must have been these hip world traveling business mums and as they never had anytime to see their kids, so they decided to give them both bb's. After school as they both sat tapping away, googling and taking pictures...their friends got jealous and presto...we have an in infulx of bejeweled bb's. Well that's just my philosophy anyway.
So walking down the streets these days your bound to find at least one person not really paying attention to what they are doing as they check their bb's for pings, emails, group requests, facebook notices, tweets, myspace notices and yes it goes on. Blackberry's are here to stay and other companies like the all encompasing apple are knicking their ideas which shows they got it right first time. It may have taken a wile but hey just ask a bb owner and I'm sure they'll tell you they are worth every penny..oh my bad, every kobo.
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