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Most people in the baby boomer era grew up with all the super stars that now draw huge crowds at the movies: Super Man, Iron Man, Batman, etc… But one super hero we don’t hear about is Dick Tracey. OK – he was not a super hero – but he was a super cool catcher of bad-guys all the same. And as BB-geners will tell you, nothing was more desirable than the wrist-video-phone that he touted.
And they tell me that, back in those days ( the 60’s Beatles era, hippies, flower power etc – and the 70’s ) there was just no concept that they would be seeing that happen “in their lifetime”. I’m guessing that Steve Job remembers that time as well. Because he makes the point in his latest tweet that:
No one used computers until Macintosh. No one listened to MP3 players until iPod. No one made video calls until iPhone4
Now, we guess he means that no one made video calls on a mobile phone till now (after all we have been making video skype calls for years) and – he also seems to have forgotten that Dick Tracey has been doing this for decades!!.
So this is a truly momentous occasion. Dick Tracey, we have finally caught up with your tech prowess – thanks Apple. (And btw, the other features are great as well).
Now we just have to wait for all the “win a free iPhone4” contests to start!
Oh – that’s right THEY ALREADY HAVE! here, and here and… well you get the picture so go look for yourselves!