Gadgets in the ER
I spent 5 hours at the emergency room last night/this morning for moderately severe rib pain. For most of that time, I sat outside a trio of triage rooms wishing I had had the foresight of packing a gadget in my purse before my husband ushered me to the car.
Instead, I was armed with only my Treo 650, which I never leave home without (it’s my cell phone, after all). And while it was useful for typing up this post and testing out Opera Mini, I was largely unsatisfied. Maybe if the Treo had more RAM, or I had a high-capacity SD card that didn’t cause the system to freeze, or my battery wasn’t on the verge of depletion, I”d be telling another story. But as it was, my Treo wasn’t making the 5 hours go by any faster.
What I found myself wanting was my UX180P or (and this surprised me) my Sony mylo. Being without both those things, however, I took to people watching instead. Well, gadget watching actually. And here’s what I spotted: black and white DS Lites, red Game Boy Advance SP, black 5G iPod, what may have been an LG Chocolate, and a couple of unrecognizable cell phones. That’s it! I’m always interested in what people consider to be essential for combatting boredom, and I was actually quite surprised by what I saw. I expected to see some PSPs, a lot of MP3 players, and maybe a laptop. Didn’t you?
Anyway, the next time you’re in the mood for gadget watching, skip the ER and head to the airport.
