RANT!

Why is technology not built to last? It seems that everything we buy has a life expectancy of about 1 or two years - if that! A recent set of headphones I bought have just fallen apart in my ear! 


Takes phones for example, when they first came out the battery used to last for weeks, now my dads blackberry doesn't even last a day! Why can't these companies improve on the basics before they focus on the exciting new inventions??


Just stop and think how many phones you may have been through in the past couple of years! Since I first bought a phone about 7 years ago I am now on my fourth phone! How disgusting! I think that companies need to stop focusing on the next new thing and improve on what they do have, improving how robust and user friendly things are. 


I am recently toying with the idea of buying a new camera because mine is now several models behind and very quickly ceasing to work. 


Do I even need to move onto the difference between PC and Mac? Why cant people solve all problems with technology before being released. OK so Joe Public has accepted that everything they buy will go tits-up in a year or two but WHY should they be expected to accept this. We should be pushing for improvements. We don't need the latest extra mega pixel - we need something we can use and will last us over a long period of time for the extortionate prices we pay!


I could go on all day but it could get very tedious for both the reader and for me when I should be writing my dissertation...