One area where cell phones could still actually innovate is support for mesh networks:
• Allow people to communicate locally whenever there is no cell phone reception (during outages, in remote areas, in overcrowded areas)
• Bonus: support for peer-to-peer synchronization of data (files, contacts, notes, etc.)—e.g., between a laptop and a cellphone.

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