Concept of Convergence

I didn't really grasp a meaning to "technological convergence" so I looked it up. Basically, the meaning of "technological convergence" is the tendency for different technological systems to evolve towards performing similar tasks.

"Today, we are surrounded by a multi-level convergent media world where all modes of communication and information are continually reforming to adapt to the enduring demands of technologies, “changing the way we create, consume, learn and interact with each other" is a quote I took from wikipedia. In other words, technology is always evolving so devices, such as cell phones, always change/upgrade to keep up with how fast technology increases. In the past, cell phones were used mainly for communicating but currently, we have phones that have the internet, a calculator, a calendar, a camera, etc. built into it.

There are so many devices that were used for one specific purpose, but now are used for other things. Game systems, for example, were used primarily to play video games. Now we have consoles that have a music player, the internet, a DVD player, and other things that game systems didn't have before. I actually have a friend who uses his Xbox 360 to mainly play DVDs rather than play games. A couple years ago when I had a Nintendo 64, I never would have imagined that a game console would be used as a DVD player .. and that was only a couple years ago. It's seriously scary and amazing how fast technology is increasing.