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Putting aside whether you think the ipad is worthwhile or not (and even just thinking of the iphone and the like), it's really pretty amazing what you

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jan 27 '10, 12:44

can do from the palm of your hand today. When we were kids this was truly the stuff of science fiction.

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in the 80s we were already being told that the computing powers in watches and calculators then were greater than what was used in the Apollo missions -- nm - zork Jan 27, 13:08
I was talking with my son the other day about how much power my Blackberry has compared to the Apple II that I grew up on -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 12:58
you have no idea -- nm - Greg Oden Jan 27, 12:57
I'm actually more blown away by Google's book scanning and streetview coverage. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 12:50
I like how the Sci-Fi shows are getting beat by Sci-Reality now. -- nm - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 27, 12:48
The iterations are getting smaller and the tech advances are getting more dramatic, too. - David Jan 27, 12:47
i remember Get Smart reruns, and i wanted a shoe phone. it seemed like the most impossible thing. - Andie Jan 27, 12:45 5
- I used to watch a ton of get smart reruns ... and the shoe phone always struck me as hilariously ill-planned, just like the rest of CONTROL ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 12:47 4
  - oh, it was meant to be absurd, but the idea of a portable phone wowed me when i was a kid. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 12:48 3
    - But Dick Tracy had had his radio wristwatch for thirty years by then! -- nm - Roger More Jan 27, 12:51 2
      - and i had walkie-talkies. but for some reason a 'phone' seemed cooler. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 12:58
      - and we actually have a Cone of Silence technology, in active-noise-cancellation -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 12:52
I'm still waiting for X-Ray glasses -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 12:44

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