The Age of Technology. And the age of those who operate it.

So, I'm writing this from my brand-spanking new iPhone 5 and no, this blog post isn't going to be me bragging about my cool gear!!
At the same time as writing this I'm watching television. On my iPad.
(Ok that sounded boasty.)
My point is that while I stress constantly that I need this advanced level of tech, and my bank balance stresses over the same problem, is it really 100% necessary?

For example, I was rather bored the other day so I began surfing the App Store while on my iPad. I came across a free app (or so I thought) that was entitled "Paper".
In the words of the great Rolf Harris: "can you tell what it is yet?"
Yep, it's literally an app with sheets of paper that you can draw on. And what the dastardly company failed to tell me was that although the app is initially free, if you want to be able to look like you're doing a good job of drawing without actually putting pen to paper you had to buy the drawing pack for £5.
I mean, the cheek of them to try scamming me!!

But this is the mere tip of the i-iceberg:
The phrase goes "once you go iPhone, you'll never go back." And it really is true. I tried desperately to get out of the snarling pit of Apple, I tried going to Samsung, HTC, Nokia. They all tried to pull me out, with much help from the knowledgeable man at Phones 4 U. Sadly to no avail. I was lured back in by the mesmerising mer-song of the iPhone. If you can call that ringtone a song at all.

And the demographic of the cyber-nation seems to be getting lower all the time. Needless to say Apple's marketing team have a good grasp on how to appeal to children, with games, bedtime stories, music, and films at the child's as yet unformed fingertips.
It seems that the phrase "once you go iPhone you never go back" should be changed to "if you don't go iPhone, never speak to me again and you no longer have any bearing on what is cool in this world."

Ok that was quite harsh, but you catch my drift. Just as children are pressured into wearing nice clothes and behaving badly so will having the latest tech be a necessity of surviving those pre-adolescent years where acceptance is everything.

As for me, well I am saying all this and wagging a disapproving finger at all you tech-savvy pre-teens, but I have a confession.

So yeah I bought the £5 drawing pack. And I drew a chair. Almost as badly as I would in the dinosaur way, with a pencil and paper.

Sorry for wasting your time with my procrastinating.