Technology overwhelming mankind!Let me accept the fact before some creatures pounce back on me after reading this article that I am writing this to let my friends know about my new gadget. Along with that confession, I think this is the best season and a possible reason to contribute an article. Well I am on my new mobile handset with the whole world in it. And what else can be the best way to let know the world about the latest technology in my hand other than Abhivyakthi.

Jokes apart, I recently bought a new cell phone HTC DesireTM! It is the best phone out there in the market competing with the likes of iphone, Nokia N8 etc. It has a big screen, latest OS, Super fast processor, 5MP camera and the list goes on and on.., which I have curtailed in favour of the purpose of this article. As soon as I bought my new gadget I tried inserting the SIM card so that I can start using it, but it seemed like I had to undergo a crash course, may be a Diploma in new high technology cellphone use! I was unable to find the GPRS settings, contacts or configure the phone.

After almost 1 hr of struggle with the new Android platform, which seemed hostile at first, I was able to activate the mobile-network option through a simple check box and this was the end of my suffering. As soon as I got into the virtual world of WWW, everything went smooth and to my surprise all my contacts on Facebook and Google jumped on to my phone with their contact information, their email ids and with their profile pictures too. My calendar got filled with the birthdays of all the 200+ friends that are on my network, many of whom I haven’t even seen.

The next surprise popped up when my cell phone started showing weather of the next 5 days & on receiving a call from my friend it listed the latest update made by him on Facebook!! An application named Runtastic was able to calculate the speed at which my vehicle was moving through GPS and that too quiet accurately (+/- 5 km/hr). Through Google’s Latitude application I got to know that one of my friends was within a distance of 1.5km from my place. So, a fantastic application and a chance to meet a friend. Well, you can also use it the other way around to refrain from meeting someone unwelcomed into your territory (please don’t use this one against me!).

From smart homes to gesture controlled gaming console Xbox Kinect to Multi-touch gadgets to 3D cameras and TVs, we are witnessing a huge technological revolution. With this pace of change, it is not inappropriate to say that one day we will be living in a Matrix like world where our minds will do all the labour and our torso will exist just to support the brain, leaving our limbs useless. So, this revolution might pave the way for an evolution, probably an E-volution

An Inception movie like illusion can be another possibility where we will live our fantasies and build for ourselves a world beyond our wildest dreams! Well speaking of Inception, there is a famous joke: Rajnikanth planted the idea for the movie “Inception" into Christopher Nolan's (Director’s) mind while he was dreaming; and we are all just projections in the mind of Rajnikanth.

Technology will keep playing an important role in our lives, it has made our lives so convenient that we can devote our times to things we love doing, but on the other side it has made us so dependent that we cannot imagine a day without it.

Now it is up to us to put a limit on the extent to which we want technological interference. As often said, too much of anything is bad, what about this one. Hmm...?