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Because of smartphones, pocket TVs were never a thing. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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As a kid I imagined the future as being able to hold a TV in your pocket, and flying skateboards. For the latter I guess electric scooters will have to do

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[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

I had a pocket TV back in 2007 or so. It had an antenna and everything. It was a bit bulky and not at all power efficient, though. IIRC it went through 8 AA batteries in about 3 hours.

I’m not sure why you’d want that over a smartphone or even just a small tablet, though.

Also, we have flying skateboards, they’re just prohibitively expensive or not yet being sold. Look up the ArcaBoard (was $20k back in 2015, doesn’t seem to be sold anymore), the Lexus Hoverboard, and the Flyboard Air. Unfortunately if you try to buy a “hoverboard” you’re just gonna end up with an electric scooter