Apple: The Modern Guide to the Development of Technology (REVISED)

In today’s society, Apple has entirely altered and developed modern technology.  In our class  trip to the Apple store, our tour guide showed us Apple’s continually developing technology, and he explained to us the practical use of their products.  Apple has guided the development of this modern technology by altering computers and machines to perform functions that I previously thought impossible, and by raising the bar for future developments. 

                Upon taking the tour of the Apple store, our guide showed us Apple’s latest technology and explained how they are practical in everyday use.  He explained the solid-state memory system that Apple uses in their computers, eliminating the need for moving parts in the memory of a computer.  He showed us well-known products such as the iPad and the iPhone, and explained to us popular applications such as Facetime, which allows the user to talk to someone on the phone while seeing their face.  He even showed us products such as the credit card reader, that allows you to swipe your card and track purchases on your phone, and the iGrill, which sends alerts to your phone to tell you when the food on your grill is at a proper temperature.  Our tour guide stated that these products are the up and coming technology of the twenty-first century, and could possibly revolutionize technology as whole.

                After taking the tour of the Apple store, I agree with our tour guide that Apple’s progress in the development of technology will guide all other aspects of electronics.    While Apple did not invent the computer, the business has advanced the basic idea of the computer, and found ways to make it portable, wireless, and accomplish tasks that I previously thought impossible.  For example, the Air Play allows your music to wirelessly stream to your television.  I find it amazing that technology has advanced to perform such tasks wirelessly.  Also, I find the iPad and Ebooks very practical because as a college student, I believe it would be very helpful to have all of my books, notes, and papers in one place.  In a medical perspective, Apple’s technology can be of great use and importance to many people because there is a device that monitors a patient’s blood pressure, and sends updates directly to the their phone.  This device is not only useful, but could possibly be of critical importance to someone in need.  For these many reasons, I believe that Apple’s advances in electronics have greatly guided modern technology and developed new ways to go about daily life.

                With all of Apple’s developing technology, it is interesting to consider the future of our world as technology continues to expand.  In such a short period of time, Apple transformed computers and upgraded them to unthinkable levels.  In my short lifetime alone, I have seen music transform from cassette players, to compact discs, to MP3 players.  Music is now played on Apple’s latest iPod, which seems to be getting smaller as its variety of uses expands.  I remember a time when cell phones were almost inexistent.  Now however, almost everyone carries and iPhone, which is not only small, but is touch screen, and is capable of much more than making phone calls.  Apple’s unbelievable change in technology seems almost unreal, and it is amazing to wonder what they will possibly think of next.

                After the field trip to the Apple Store, I was very impressed by Apple’s progress in their expansion of computers and uses for technology.  As our tour guide showed the class devices that I did not know existed, I realized that he was selling me on these items.  The Tour guide showed many products that seemed practical and useful to either my life, or someone that I know.  With Apple’s developments, it is difficult not to wonder how technology will advance in the near future, and how it will control and effect everyday life in years to come.