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This reminds me of something I saw in high school:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXuXBROyV-g

It's good to see the tone of "utopia videos" hasn't changed in 8 years. Also interesting to see that slate type devices have been people's minds far longer than the iPhone has existed.

Also interesting is how the vast majority of predictions in the video have come true - phones as transaction devices, front/back cameras/video calling, mobile music via phones, etc.



Ditto for the AT&T "You Will" ads from 10 years earlier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MnQ8EkwXJ0




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