Predicting the Future of the Mobile Phone
As recently as 2006 we expressed disbelief that people might want to watch a whole feature film on their mobile phone. The technology just wasn't good enough.
Also on the programme: multi-player gaming on mobile phones, engaging older people in new technology and making money through user-generated content.
This is an episode of Digital Planet which was first broadcast in September 2006.
Picture: Mobile phones, Credit: Getty Images
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