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For some time now I’ve noticed that I’m not nearly as interested in electronics stores as I used to be.  I was certain that it was due to the fact that I had grown older and lost some interest in the subject.  The other day it dawned on me that this was probably not the ultimate reason.

Why are electronics stores not so interesting anymore?  The reason is much simpler.  It’s due to convergence.  While the devices themselves have grown to be more complex and more beautiful, they have also become more interesting, but the different genres of products have disappeared.  So basically, there is no variety of products on the shelf anymore.  All you have is a bunch of media players in different form factors.  There are gaming consoles that you connect to your screen.  There are mp3 players that take photos.  There are laptops that you can play games with.  There are video cameras that take photos.

You don’t see shelves with portable cassette players, portable cd players, calculators or electronic games.  Now that all the products can do everything, you can’t really browse the store and look at different objects that are interesting because they have a different purpose.  Anyways, I thought that it would be a pretty nice idea to start a store that would resemble one of these old stores and feature some of the greatest products ever made.

Has anyone visited such a store lately?  What would you like to see on the shelf?  In my blog next entries, I will be talking about the things that I would want to see in the store.  And who knows maybe one day I’ll start such a store