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phillythompson t1_j9yi9tc wrote

Reply to comment by Sandbar101 in People lack imagination and it’s really bothering me by thecoffeejesus

40 years is generous lol

Factor in exponential growth and i would argue society looks crazy different in 5-7 years.

It’s only been 15 years since the smart phone, and look at how drastically different life is today.

This will be orders of magnitude more

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drekmonger t1_j9zolyk wrote

> It’s only been 15 years since the smart phone

The term "smartphone" was coined in 1995 (28 years ago), but there were earlier examples of smartphone-ish things, like the IBM Simon.

The first modern-ish smartphone with an Internet connection was probably the Blackberry or Palm Treo, both in 2002.

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visarga t1_ja52xcs wrote

In many ways it's been the same since 2010. We could talk, take photos, load web pages, use maps, set alarms and play games back then too, we even had Uber and AirBnb. Now the screens are a bit larger and the experience more polished.

I was expecting something more revolutionary - the phone is a pack of sensors, it has sight, hearing, touch, orientation, radio and many other sensors in the same package. But the amazing new applications didn't appear, except Pokemon Go?

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randomthrowaway-917 t1_ja7d1wq wrote

i cant wait for tech to get to the point where pokemon go actually looks like the first ads that came out for it

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