The prediction, in brief:

In a decade, every phone will have a screen on it.

Predictor: Ledbetter, Carl

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Time, reporter Barrett Seaman writes about future technologies. He quotes AT&T executive Carl Ledbetter. He writes:”With a little tweak of the technology here or an imaginative pairing with other technologies there, computer-based devices are likely to affect our lives even more frequently in the months – as well as in the years – ahead. Digital display screens visible above highways, warning of icy bridges ahead and detours, will become even more ubiquitous and varied. So will the long-awaited telescreen for seeing and being seen by those you talk with on the telephone. Carl Ledbetter, president of AT&T’s Consumer Products division predicts that ‘in a decade, every phone will have a screen on it.'”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Time

Title, headline, chapter name: The Future is Already Here

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000001899061&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney