I’m confused. In the technology world, is smaller still better, or is bigger better now? I suppose “better” is a very subjective measurement… is small cooler or is larger cooler? I think if every electronic device was the size of a postage stamp and boasted a 70″ display, everyone would be happy. Until then, the marketing drones will continue to push for devices that become so small that they are no longer useful, and displays so large that they are no longer practical for their intended use.
This topic brings us to the Modu, billed as the “World’s Smallest Cellphone“. Oops, the “World’s Smallest Cellphone“. At some point, a phone becomes too small to be useful as a hand-held phone. It becomes too hard to hold, the battery life is too small, the display is too hard to read, and the whole phone becomes too easy to drop… or lose in the crease of your clothes. It becomes hard to brag about a phone so small that nobody can see you holding it. It’s not even fun for magic tricks, because it looks like it could be hidden or palmed with ease.
Read the full story, and you can make up your mind for yourself… is it marketing gone bad or is it a cool phone?