Smartphones Remind Me of Star Trek Tricorder, Phil of the Future Wizard

What's interesting about smartphones these days? They remind me of a real life Star Trek Tricorder, or a Phil of the Future Wizard.

Both are supposed to be futuristic descendents of the then-popular-90s-PDA. PDAs were popular in the 90s, at least for the rich, or mid-class.

Now, we actually have a 2000s replacement for the PDA. I'm sure you could still find them, but they are uncommon. Tablets came out and started to replace them. But the killer App, was the smartphone.

A smartphone is the combination of a standard cell phone, even what used to be considered a smartphone, and a tablet-like device of some kind.

A smartphone is in every since, the first widely available PDA for just about any class of citizen. Those with more money saved, can own several. They make good tablets, if you want. But they are also good for PDAs, or cell phones.

Remember the captain's log in Star Trek? Well, you could do that if you wanted with the smartphone. It's like a personal tricorder hooked into the 24th century star trek computer.

It's also like a Phil of the Future Wizard. It can't instamorph you or anything. But, like the wizard, it's descended from PDAs, and it has lots of functions.

Both futuristic gadgets, missed the App, however. The App is what gives it it's power. The App, or Application, is a type of program made for it to do high-level, user friendly work or give pleasure.

I sometimes wish I could rewrite a show like star trek, to include devices from today, but more futuristic. Wouldn't that make a great show!

Again, vlogs, are something that the star trek franchise failed to see. vlogs, or Video Blogs, or Video Web Logs, are ways to keep a diary of things. It's now becoming popular, and it will be interesting to see all of these technologies in the future, real and imagined.

--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---