I guess it really depends on your experience... if it's something you had no idea could be done before then it's a huge leap and you are bound to be impressed.

I guess it really depends on your experience... if it's something you had no idea could be done before then it's a huge leap and you are bound to be impressed. If it's something for which you've seen earlier iterations, then the leap is much smaller and much less impressive. I'm in the smaller leap -- not so impressed category. I used to do a fair bit of satellite watching about 10-14 years ago. Back then it was old skool -- download satellite orbit data from the web, feed it to a computer program, get the viewing opportunities (aka predictions), print the predictions on paper and then go outside with the paper to enjoy the show. At that time there were also programs that simulated orbit passes -- you could see whether a satellite was above the horizon day or night realtime -- but only at your desk on the computer. The thing that was missing was the portability factor that now makes the experience real-time.