I was finally due an upgrade for my phone which I've probably had too many years to truly consider myself to be trendy. To be honest I am no technophobe, I've just always figured that a phone is to make calls on and maybe send text messages.

Ok maybe a lot to send text messages. Actually I am quite grateful for the 'unlimited' number of text messages that my traffic offers me, as there are times when i can get quite carried away with my textual conversations.

However, I was really quiet stunned when I popped into Carphone Warehouse and took a look at these ultra modern smart phones that everyone wonders around with these days. I was finally tempted to depart the shop with the new Samsung Galaxy Note, a tablet smart phone that is just as good, if not better than my laptop!

Staggering.

How the hell do people come up with this stuff??? I mean, ok granted as a phone it is a little bigger than normal. It's not just pop it into your pocket and forget about it, it is a rather chunky size, the only real draw back I've found with the phone so far.

The screen resolution and the power of the system is amazing to say the least. Hell I can read GA stories on the move on my phone now! How whacky is that. Ok yeah all you people that have been using smart phones for the last god knows how long are rolling your eyes at me now thinking, "God how out of touch are you?"

But that's just it. I didn't really think I was that out of touch. I mean I've only had my old phone for about three years, and I'd stayed with Sony Ericsson who produced a remarkable phone back in the day in my humble opinion. Back then, I didn't really like the idea of a touch screen on a phone. I was always worried that putting it in my pocket would result in dozens of unwarranted calls as it was activated accidentally by the pressures on the screen within my pocket.

But now that I own a smart phone, I have to be honest, I am impressed. I just can't believe how far technology has come, and how quickly it has done it. I mean, lets be fair, it wasn't all that long ago, I was playing around on an Amstrad computer trying to comprehend MS Dos. Now I'm flicking through pages on facebook, tweeting like a preacher on speed and tumbling on a thing called Tumblr.

The net, and the things associated with us in an amazing world of possibility and it has inspired mankind to become a global network of friends, family and colleagues. If this is what 2012 brings in terms of technological capability, I really do wonder what 2050 will look like.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Does that mean a Terminator like future could become a reality????

Oh how the imagination runs amok!

Thought for today - "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." - Abraham Lincoln

Song for today - Eli Eli by Chimora http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFhw-uEdak