Technically Incompetent

Being an engineer, I always thought that I should be up with technology and the new techie gadgets out there on the market. But as I was browsing through Best Buy the other day, I realized that I might as well be living in 1993. I don't have an iPod or a digital camera. My cell phone doesn't have a color screen or a camera on it. But if you're looking for a phone with the green backlight that drops calls frequently, I'm the proud owner of this baby. My DVD player isn't even mine; it's my roommate's. I have internet access, but there's nothing wireless about it. My Dell laptop is definitely an obsolete model. I don't have any electronic pets and my vacuum cleaner still requires me to push him around.

The only techie toy that I have is a fairly high tech Palm Pilot that my company bought for me. It's got a color screen, Bluetooth technology, MP3 player, and the ability to keep me ontime for any and all meetings that I have. Plus, it keeps me fairly occupied while I'm on layovers in airports.

At lunch today, I brought up my lack of technology to my friend. His line of reasoning had to do with the fact that I was female. But I don't think that's true. A lot of my female friends have all the newest techie toys. I'm not sure why I don't have any of these items yet. Does anyone else think that females are less techy than males?