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Because of smartphones, pocket TVs were never a thing. (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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I disagree, the watchman and clones existed into the 2000s and were tech found in several households. Ours ended up with some of the tornado kit so we could get news broadcasts in power outages and other emergencies.

Gimmick/niche isn't an appropriate description for technology that was superceded by smartphones, even early ones.