WTFH: Less is more…then you will ever need

Posted March 20, 2007 at 11:43 PM by Mickey Katz

Section: Communications, Computers, Desktops, Gadgets / Other, Features, WTFH

Everyone says it, no one knows where it came from, or what to attribute it too…but the phrase less is more could sum up the future of tech gadgets for the average user. I’m talking about your grandmother who doesn’t know how to turn on the computer but has no problem understand how to retrieve her email. How about the college freshman who found out the hard way that their professor talks faster then they can hand write notes? Much like our fast food restaurants and car dealerships we are being given more and more when all we really need is less. Why super size when the average does enough?

This brings me to my original point, enter the NEO. The NEO has been around for quite some time. It is a simple word processor it has a small screen to see what you’re typing as well as a keyboard that we are normally accustomed to. It may not be a hit for the mainstream college student or your average home user, it has been a love, and even an obsession, for smaller niches. It is light in weight, has an extensive battery life and can plug into your PC when you are finished so that you may publish your work.

Another nifty gadget which has put our famous phrase to good use is HP’s Presto mailbox printer which works much like a fax machine, instead of having to check your inbox for emails they will print out a varying points in the day (set to your specifications). A perfect example of less being more. Presto!

Case in point, while I’m writing this article I have lost three games of solitaire and still can’t figure out minesweeper, why can’t wel go back to the days of Go Fish.

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