Mobile phones have really evolved from huge self defence bricks (or water bottles as I fondly remember) to small little communication units packed with MP3 players, mobile games and what have you. And with the advancement of mobile technology, people nowadays do not need to walk around town with a boombox blasting their favorite tunes. Instead, they play them via the handset's loud speaker.
And that's quite a pain. I know that the doctors have advised us to avoid listening to music using earphones to minimise damage to our ear drums but do we really need to share your favorite songs with everyone?
No matter how advanced or expensive your handsets cost, the sound quality of a handset speaker should be limited to that of conference callls. I can't recall how many times I've heard "The reason" and "My humps" blaring inaudibly from someone's handset. Seriously, it doesn't do the handset nor the songs your playing any justice.
Worse still, try travelling on a train or bus with passengers trying to outdo each other by blasting music via their handsets at the same time. The winner, of course will always be the beng with a comprehensive collection of repetitve euro-techno MP3s.
Let's get this straight, everyone loves music to a certain extent. But please, don't be too fanatic to the point that everyone's being forced to listen to your music blaring from your handset; having an MP3 handset doesn't make you a DJ! Perhaps this year's courtesy campaign should read something like, "Pass on a little kindness by keeping your music to yourself".
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