Personalized Tech: iPod and iPhone’s Influence on Accessibility”

The invention of the iPod and iPhone allowed for the personalization of human relationships regarding technology. For example, when we use the iPod, everyone’s iPod will be different according to what kind of songs we like and how we want to listen to the device. It is a similar concept to the iPhone, while it extends how we use our iPhones differently depending on our preferences. We can customize our wallpaper, font size, and sometimes how we want to get notifications, like when we will get messages and in what way we want to be notified. If we are at a movie theater, we will silence the phone, and the notifications will be sent in silent mode. The more developed technology, the more customized it can be for everyone, which aligns with the interaction design concept; it is about human interaction and designing for human needs. 

The second perspective also connects to personalization, but the more extended concept is accessibility. The further technology develops, the better the service for everyone’s needs will be. Everyone largely includes not a technology individually. The earlier technology was invented for limited individuals to perform a series of difficult tasks to solve significant problems in scientific fields. Those limited people often understand the language used and how it expresses words so that machines would understand it differently as well. The more accessible the technology, the more the content and the language serve everyone. In this case, accessibility prioritizes users’ capability, which allows everyone to use this technology.