Too much technology, far too soon

摘要

The year 2007 was neatly summed up for me by the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Too many companies are now launching new products for the sake of launching something new; too many of the new products have been designed without asking consumers what they want; and the marriage of consumer electronics and computer technology has kissed goodbye to old-fashioned 'switch on and enjoy'.rnArcam's Geoff Meads talks about a new disease, called 'upgrade-itis': 'People in the computer world upgrade even when they have never had any problems and the upgrade isn't adding any features,' he says. 'Whatever happened to the old fashioned principle of not fixing unless broken?'