We are living at an era of technological zenith. Our everyday environment is surrounded by all kinds of technological gadgetries. Most of us are increasingly becoming what is commonly called technological geeks. Most of us have a cell phone at least and others use mp3 players or ipods, PDA, SatNav on a daily basis. In a few more years to come, ‘god’ knows how many could come and add up to the bulk. All these are supposedly pocket gadgets and it is becoming virtually impossible to carry all of these on oneself. And here comes convergence of technology. Only one gadget includes all of those features.
Our present day cell phones are progressively being converged with more and more other technologies. On a 3G platform, it is possible to make video conferences; browse the web; amongst a lot of many more features; without forgetting the camera which have long integrated the phone, even in earlier generations itself.
A very recent and down to earth example of convergence is the BarclayCard OnePulse Oyster that not only allows one to do banking transaction like a usual debit card but also as a London Underground/Overground Osyer Card.
On the other hand, as of today itself, the TFL (Transport for London) is running a pilot project of using the cell phone to pay at the tube stations.
Convergence makes life easier for some users whilst renders others’ even worst. As supported by this video,
loads of people have never used and even ignore others features available on their phones. Whether convergence is good or not is another debate but one thing is sure, consumers are being taken for stupid, when even when they need one device, they are having to pay for other bungled technologies that they would never be using.
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