rbpru wrote:
Who would have thought you could sell water? Who would have thought people would play $800.00 to $1000.00 for the convenience of a smart phone?
While I agree with your overall premise I have to say that I knew people would. I spent $1500 on my first computer in 1993, the idea of a handheld computer with an always on internet connection back then was literally the thing of sci-fi shows. One that could play games, act as a GPS receiver with realtime traffic updates, browse the web, play movies, etc was pretty much pure fantasy but if you had told me that in 25 years I'd be able to buy it for the inflation adjusted equivalent of less than 1/3rd of that desktop I would have jumped at the chance.