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

  • SauceBossSmokin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I lived in Seoul, S. Korea back in 2012 and my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone (maybe a Galaxy S2) I got over there had a built-in TV tuner that picked up several OTA Korean TV channels. It was crazy that the phones had that. I barely spoke or understood Korean so I didn’t use the feature but it was super cool that the option existed.

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      6 months ago

      I miss fm radio tuners in phones.

      There are so many neat features that they just gave up on.

      I’m typing this on s motherfucking phone that can detect doors and measure at a distance, really really fucking accurately somehow, has all kinds of other fancy shit, but I can’t use it to listen to the radio without internet.

      Fucking smart devices killed so much cool shit.

      Don’t get me wrong it’s awesome that I can change the channel on my tv from damn near anywhere if I have to remotely fix it and all, but I’ve never once had to do that.

      I used to play shit on the Alexa to mess with the wife and kids from wherever, but that got old quick.

      Although, my ex-wife does still have that thing, and we are still sharing an Amazon account…

      • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Funnily enough the bottom of the barrel budget phones usually have an FM tuner. My 2021 Motorola has one.