For a very long time and even now, I’ve often used the watch as an example of the impact of the technology revolutions on products and industries. In fact, for the past couple of decades, I’ve been saying “in the future, most watches will have bandwidth built in.” It’s always fun when predictions you made in the past, which at the time seemed crazy, become reality that everyone takes for granted. (It’s even better when you documented it more than 5 years ago.)

post each week that catalogued all the items that were being replaced by the cellphone. Yesterday, Nick Drake, in his NY Times blog did a great job of bringing that perspective up to date:

Last week, I realized I didn’t need to carry a wallet anymore. My smartphone had replaced almost everything in it. So, it’s gone. Add that to the pile

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of things — my address books, Filofax, portable music player, point-and-shoot camera, printouts of maps — that have melded into the smartphone.

What’s next?

• Cellphone as PC remote control
• Cellphone as disease detector
• Cellphone as Santa tracker
• Cellphone as invoice tracker

• Cellphone as TiVo remote
• Cellphone as home control
• Cellphone as Quake III server
• Cellphone as HTML editor

• Cellphone as Mac numeric keypad
• Cellphone as garage door opener
• Cellphone as green transportation encourager
• Cellphone as bullet-proof vest
• Cellphone as seismometer

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Now playing: B. Reith – Rain Down

• Cellphone as surf report
• Cellphone as Disney park tour guide
• Cellphone as Media Center remote
• Cellphone as social mobile hub
• Cellphone as product scanner

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Now playing: Justin McRoberts – When It Don’t Come Easy

• Cellphone as presentation controller
• Cellphone as song lyrics
• Cellphone as 12MP camera
• Cellphone as Netflix store
• Cellphone as soccer monitor
• Cellphone as NFL live football game
• Cellphone as flashlight
• Cellphone as hairstyle preview

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Now playing: Tim Neufield – Who Is Like You

• Cellphone as car key
• Cellphone as car key (take 2)
• Cellphone as Zune
• Cellphone as koi pond
• Cellphone as ad monitor
• Cellphone as cigarette lighter
• Cellphone as glass of milk
• Cellphone as hourglass

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Now playing: Relient K – For The Band

• Cellphone as musical instrument
• Cellphone as diet assistant
• Cellphone as medical instrument
• Cellphone as website editor
• Cellphone as TiVo remote
• Cellphone as alarm clock

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Now playing: Billy Bragg – Train Train

The most convenient way that mobility is getting built into products is through the convergence into the cellphone of capabilities that previously existed as standalone products. That way, those products are now with you and available for your use whenever you need them wherever you go.

• Cellphone as fantasy football team
• Cellphone as Facebook locator
• Cellphone as flashlight
• Cellphone as Wall Street Journal
• Cellphone as musical instrument
• Cellphone as package tracker

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Now playing: Matthew Perryman Jones – Echoes Of Eden