Nothing our phones do today was unimaginable in the 1980s. Pick up any pop-sci journal from the era and they had the predictions pretty much nailed down. The st

Nothing our phones do today was unimaginable in the 1980s. Pick up any pop-sci journal from the era and they had the predictions pretty much nailed down. The stuff just wasn't feasible to do with the technology they had at the time, and they didn't consider that phones, and not some other fashion accessory, would end up as the hubs of our digital lives. Wristwatches, household appliances (e.g., TVs), or calculators seemed like a better bet.