Whoda thunk it?

[Guest Nandroid]

I'm sure there are a few of us here who remember the 60's. If somebody came up to you then and said that you would soon be carrying around a device that fits neatly in your hand, that you could make phone calls fromand play your favourite music, you'd laugh. You'd laugh so hard that you might not hear him tell you that you could also connect through the new interweb thingy to information and people anywhere in the world, in real time.

When you heard him tell you that such a device would cost you no more than a fraction of your weekly wage (about a tenner at the time) you might be tempted to have him sectioned under the mental health act.

Yet here we are today... Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ZTE Blade. It does all of the above and much more. I often find myself wondering what companies like ZTE will bring us in the next 50 years. :(

Brought to you from a time when, if your memory was bad, you didn't have to get a new SD. :(

[Guest The Sorcerer]

I'm sure there are a few of us here who remember the 60's. If somebody came up to you then and said that you would soon be carrying around a device that fits neatly in your hand, that you could make phone calls fromand play your favourite music, you'd laugh. You'd laugh so hard that you might not hear him tell you that you could also connect through the new interweb thingy to information and people anywhere in the world, in real time.

When you heard him tell you that such a device would cost you no more than a fraction of your weekly wage (about a tenner at the time) you might be tempted to have him sectioned under the mental health act.

Yet here we are today... Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ZTE Blade. It does all of the above and much more. I often find myself wondering what companies like ZTE will bring us in the next 50 years. :)

Brought to you from a time when, if your memory was bad, you didn't have to get a new SD. ;)

Back in 1973 when I was 15, I went out with my portable transistor radio and instead of the small earphone, I used a full-sized proper set of headphones - and was laughed at. Nowadays they're everywhere, and I was obviously a man ahead of my time :( :(

Edited March 7, 2011 by The Sorcerer