Technology was perfect in 2006, before smartphones and iPhone were popular. Think about it. People had iPods that can play music and video, and flip phones that just made calls and sent a few texts. Its a long car or plane ride and you take out your iPod to watch a movie or your away from home and you give your parents or friends a quick call or text (that is like impossible to type.) Nobody would use their iPods while talking to their friends and nobody would have their phone out all the time. They were helpful and needed but didn't take away from life. Email, instant message, Facebook, youtube, it all existed, but you would only use it at home on your laptop which was when your supposed to use it. That time was perfect.