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I would love to understand the psychology behind gadget lust. I know that, at least from my pov, gadgets always prove to be disappointing in some way. It's a lot like Christmas. You build up a small amount of excitement for the day then, that evening, you feel a little let down. There's nothing you can point at specifically, but you just feel blah.
Gadgets are a lot like that for me. I spend a lot of time looking at gadgets, weighing the possibilities, dreaming of how my life would be affected by this or that device. Almost always I am disappointed in some way. Whether I can't find the "perfect device" or I wind up falling into old patterns of usage or there's a downside that more or less ruins the experience. Either way, there's that initial excitement of getting the device and using it and it's almost always followed by less happy feelings.
Hmmmm... I wonder if I might be talking about the same things people experience with addiction to shopping...
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