Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Taking tech love too far

Opinion
Aug 2, 20051 min

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We love our iPod and we know others who feel the same way about theirs, or their cell phones, BlackBerries, PDAs or whathaveyou. But some people take their love of technology too far.

“Imagine being in a romance so perfect, you wonder how you ever managed to survive before this person came into your life,” Scott Rose, a 33-year-old Los Angeles computer consultant, told the LA Times. “That’s how I feel about my iPod.”

Ew.

Adds Apple’s Greg Joswiak, “It really begs to be caressed.” Double ew.

The Times takes a look gadget design and how manufacturers are trying to create “emotional bonds” between man and machine.

Any more bonding and we demand they get a room.

Via Obscure Store