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I wouldn't go that far. In Star Trek you could hail an orbiting spaceship with your communicator. They never seemed to run out of power (today's smartphones barely last an afternoon).
Yeah, mobiles are great, no argument. Bell Labs in the 1960s did a lot of the heavy lifting for the fundamental research. I'm not sure that much was done this century. We can call each other on the go instead of going to a phone booth - whether that's REVOLUTIONARY or not...
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