Sunday, November 2, 2008

Gadget size

Hans mocks Vladimir's watch as they walk around the Expo hall.
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Hans: Why you wear such a big watch? Looks way too heavy to be only telling the time. You can get the time from your phone these days.
Vladimir: This watch has style. It's crafted!
Hans: Everything's going smaller and lighter nowadays. iPods have shrunk, look at the Nano. Small is chic. You carry a superlight Nano and lug that huge watch on your wrist.
Vladimir: Take a look at that e-book reader. You could read a newspaper on that.
Hans: Who wants to carry around a 2 kilogram picture frame to read your newspaper in? Goods are made smaller and smaller and eventually become unobtrusive so then consumers start asking for a supersize.
Vladimir: Or maybe they become so small they are difficult to use. Size helps determine function. Like touch screens are better suited to larger devices, who'd want to use one on a Nano?
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